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UN/ - 6 September 2006 -- A natural disaster engulfs an entire region, and the United Nations is asked to coordinate an unprecedented relief operation. Does this mean the United Nations is important? Yes. Does it mean that it is equipped to succeed? No - not now, not yet, not without a genuine renewal to make it a Twenty-First century agent for change and progress. The
UN’s recent centrality to resolving
conflicts and alleviating suffering around the world
should serve – not as cause for complacency – but as a
spur to deeper change as its looks to new leadership at
the end of this year. A
Twenty-First
century United
Nations worthy of the hopes and aspirations of a new, post
-Cold War generation of citizens in every part of the
world must be guided by five central principles - Reflect the initiative and innovation of a new generation of leaders driving progress throughout the world in development, peace and human rights. From
Serve as a bridge between cultures and faiths in search of peace and development. The ongoing deadly conflicts in the Middle East, and the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and those that have followed them -- from Bali to Madrid and London to Amman -- have made plain the urgent need to prevent extremism from succeeding in creating further victims and divisions between peoples. A
United Nations that understands the sources of these
schisms, where they occur, and can speak to all sides with
experience and credibility, can play an important role in
resolving these dangerous conflicts. Engage today’s threats as a peacekeeper and mediator with vision and credibility. The
recent outbreak of war in The
UN must also be effective and principled in the face of
war. Only by
applying the lessons of the peacekeeping failures of the
1990s – Advocate the cause of international justice. Wherever peace is threatened and development is imperiled, the rule of law is the beginning of the answer.
The United Nations has played a central role in
promoting the rule of law – both at the national and
international level – but can and must do more to put
the rule of law at the service of the world’s peoples. Renew itself at the speed of globalization. To deliver on its founding promise, the United Nations must be willing to challenge its own practices and structures as never before – its governance, its management, its practices in the field, its willingness to hold itself and everyone who serves under its flag accountable to the highest standards of integrity and excellence. The Twenty-First
century has already brought immeasurable progress to those societies
able to seize on the opportunities of globalization –
the United Nations must learn from them, and become an
agent as well as a beneficiary of that progress. To succeed today, the United Nations cannot merely serve as a tool for the large and powerful countries of the world to dominate the global agenda. Nor must it be used simply as an instrument of smaller countries to delay or deter necessary change. Renewed by all and for all in the Twenty-First century, the United Nations can fulfill its founding promise.
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