“The UN is in a state of crisis,” warns the Indian Minister of Senior Government

“How did the UN meet expectations,” asked Mr Jaishankar, pointing to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Midden -Oost, as well as West -Asia and “countless hotspots” that “don’t agree on the news.” The minister considered a observed lack of global solidarity about a number of issues: he described the slow progress of the Sustainable […]

A mandate for change: UN provides proposals for streamlining tasks as part of the most important reform agenda

Mandates – requests or guidelines for action issued by the general meeting, the Security council and the Economic and Social Council – have multiplied considerably since 1945. Today there are more than 40,000 active mandates, maintained by around 400 intergovernmental bodies. Together they require more than 27,000 meetings per year and generate around 2,300 pages […]