Скачать или смотреть Multilateralism and Its Discontents: The UN’s Relevance Today and the Future of Cooperation

15 November 2018 | It is no secret that the international system we have relied on for peace and progress for over 70 years is under strain and even under threat. Alliances are fraying, institutions are underdelivering, and the founding coalition of the UN has changed in ways that raise questions about the basis of cooperation in the future. What does the UN signify today, and how can it remain relevant? Has the UN’s failure to address genocide in Rwanda, ethnic conflict in Bosnia, and civil war in Syria, to name just three conflicts, eroded its credibility? How do citizens around the world perceive the UN, and do they view the UN as able to deal with the steep challenges the world faces now? How has resurgent nationalism affected the image and power of the UN? What are the prospects for revitalizing multilateralism at this moment of change?

Keynote Lecture by Ambassador Elizabeth Cousens, Deputy CEO of the United Nations Foundation