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Imbalance: The call for the United Nations Security Council reform is not just as an adjustment of seats and vetoes. Photo: United Nations

The case for the reform of the UN

The two proposals reveal that reform debates are marked by a deeper theoretical divergence over whether global legitimacy hinges on balancing power or modernising institutions.

  • Library
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The UN has clearly recognised the urgent need to reform or face the prospect of its own demise.

The UN at 80: Adapt or Die

With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. While it is obvious that the world’s premier multilateral body must reform, it is equally obvious that we would all be worse off without it.

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The required reforms appear straightforward but enacting them is a formidable task because the obstacles are not technical, but political. File: Photo

The United Nations at 80: Real reform or ritual?

After eight decades, the UN is facing a slide into irrelevance, underlining the need for reform in financing, mandates, representation and partnerships

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South African higher academic institutions have called for a ceasefire and the promotion of education in Palestine-Israel

The UN security council caves to US pressure to prevent a ceasefire

This marks as a win for the US who didn’t have to use its veto again

  • Eyaaz
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