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“Eighty years after its founding,
the organization continues to
Nous nous réjouissons de provide a platform for countries
vous accueillir au sein to come together to address
de nos restaurants
peace and security, development,
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human rights, at a time when
international cooperation is being

the wider public on how these reforms are tested as never before.”
improving impact on the ground. Confidence
is earned when the Organization shows that it
is capable, credible and adapting to meet today’s
challenges.

Multilateralism has been at the heart of the
United Nations since its establishment. Do you credible, resilient and fit for the challenges of
believe it remains the Organization’s principal today’s world.
strength today, or does it need to be adapted to
better respond to current global challenges? Finally, do you see value in strengthening
The United Nations is and will remain the Geneva’s political role, given its historical
unique and indispensable arena for global importance in diplomacy, mediation, and
multilateralism. Eighty years after its founding, multilateral engagement, alongside New York?
the Organization continues to provide a Could this form part of a broader renewal of the
platform for countries to come together to multilateral system?
address peace and security, development, Yes. Geneva has long played an important
humanitarian action and human rights, at a role in diplomacy, mediation and multilateral
time when international cooperation is being engagement, alongside New York. Having lived
tested as never before. Whatever the challenges and worked in Geneva for many years, I have a
of today may be, the UN has an unparalleled strong appreciation of its role within the United
record of eight decades of achievement through Nations system.
multilateralism.
From a UN80 perspective, Geneva is a
Today’s context is marked by conflict, inequality, critical ecosystem because it brings together
climate shocks and deep geopolitical divides. At humanitarian and human rights actors,
precisely the moment when cooperation is most specialized agencies with deep technical expertise,
needed, trust in multilateral institutions is under and important training, research and innovation
strain. That is the paradox of our time, and it capacities in one place. This concentration of
underscores the importance of ensuring that functions together with the concentration of
multilateralism delivers in practice. representation of Member States is critical to the
objectives of UN80’s workstream on structural
The UN80 Initiative responds to this reality by changes and programme realignments, which
focusing on how the UN system works. It is seeks to reduce fragmentation and support more
about building a United Nations that delivers integrated delivery across the system.
more effectively, more coherently and with
greater impact, even amid shrinking resources With its historic record on multilateralism,
and rising needs. By strengthening integration unique ecosystem, and commitment to
across pillars and reinforcing shared enablers innovation and improvement, Geneva continues
such as data, technology and services, UN80 aims to offer invaluable assets and opportunities for
to ensure that multilateral cooperation remains
the future of the UN.
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