This article was first published on the UNA-UK website on 8 July 2020. UNA-UK was delighted to hear that states have reached an agreement on a declaration to commemorate the UN’s 75th anniversary. You can find out how the declaration evolved here. As … Continue reading →
The Together First campaign is commissioning a series of reports looking deeper into specific issues arising from the erosion of multilateralism in our global system. For the first of these expert reports, they have commissioned Mona Ali Khalil to address … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website on 14 May 2020. The Together First campaign has launched its “to do list” for global leaders in their latest report “Stepping stones for a better future”. The report presents 10 ideas … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website. UNA-UK exists to promote the idea of global cooperation towards the aims of a safer, fairer and more sustainable world. In the aftermath of a divisive, and electorally decisive, General Election … Continue reading →
The FUNDS project started in September 2009 from a recognition that the 30 agencies of the UN Development System have lived through several decades of a fast-changing global environment and will need to adapt to the new realities, including resurgent … Continue reading →
How can the world manage increasingly difficult and more complex global problems? That was the challenge laid down by the Global Challenges Foundation, and UNA-UK Executive Director Natalie Samarasinghe was one of three winners of the inaugural ‘New Shape Prize’ they awarded. … Continue reading →
This article was originally published on the UNA-UK website. Secretary-General Guterres has announced wide ranging reforms of the UN system. Just over a year into his term we look at the three main strands of reform he has announced so … Continue reading →
Criminal justice reform is at the heart of the mandate of the United Nations. Restorative Justice is frequently mentioned as an important way forward, including in post-conflict reconstruction. Below we cite some examples. In 2000, the UN Economic and Social Council … Continue reading →
The following remarks were made by US President Trump at the Management, Security, and Development Meeting of “Reforming the United Nations” on September 18 2017. For a video of his later speech to the UN General Assembly see below. Well, … Continue reading →
The peaceful settlement of disputes is fundamental to the purposes of the United Nations. The dispute between North and South Korea is only one of many examples where unresolved disputes lead to tension and the possible resumption of conflict. The United Nations … Continue reading →