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"World leaders will gather at the United Nations on Sept. 22-23, 2024, where
they are set to adopt the
Pact for the Future – an ambitious plan for how to
best reform the U.N., and other institutions, to address the current problems
of the world and protect future generations.
It couldn’t come at a more pressing time. As presidents, prime ministers and
top diplomats prepare to meet in New York, mass atrocities – genocide, war
crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing – are taking place or
alleged in several countries around the world.
The pact and an accompanying Summit of the Future serve as an opportunity for
the U.N. to make structural changes that will better empower the international
body to prevent and respond to such crimes and protect populations under
threat. As U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres noted, the summit is a
“once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvigorate global action, recommit to
fundamental principles, and further develop the frameworks of multilateralism
so they are fit for the future.”
As a scholar-practitioner of mass atrocities prevention and human rights, I
share Guterres’ hope that the summit and pact can lead to a change. The
existing frameworks have failed time and time again to prevent or end mass
atrocities.
But to have a real chance of success, I believe the summit will have to look at
reforming the U.N.’s principal body on peace and security: the Security
Council. The council is not only unrepresentative, but its five permanent
members – France, the United Kingdom, United States, Russia and China – all
stand accused of being directly or indirectly complicit in some of the worst
mass atrocities currently taking place."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
