In a world of wars and climate crisis, a new leader could save the UN. But would Trump allow it? | Steve Bloomfield
As the organisation meets this week, it remains the best hope for restoring order. But it relies on goodwill from the US president – and that is lacking If all goes to plan, at some stage in the coming weeks 15 diplomats will emerge from a small sound-proofed room deep in the bowels of the United Nations headquarters in New York and announce the organisation’s next secretary-general. The person…
As the United Nations convenes this week, it remains the most hopeful avenue for restoring global order. However, achieving this goal depends on the goodwill of the US president, a factor that is currently absent. Assuming all goes according to plan, in the coming weeks, a select group of 15 diplomats will emerge from a secure, soundproofed room within the UN headquarters in New York to announce the next secretary-general.
This newly appointed individual will confront a daunting array of challenges unlike any faced by their predecessors. Two of the UN's permanent security council members, the US and Russia, are embroiled in seemingly endless wars without a foreseeable resolution. Furthermore, a UN commission of inquiry has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, yet the UN has been largely sidelined by Donald Trump's Board of Peace.
The climate crisis is exacerbating humanitarian crises worldwide, and daily, new security threats emerge from the unchecked proliferation of artificial intelligence. Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the Observer and a previous winner of the Orwell prize, provides insight into these pressing issues.
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