UN’s 75th birthday a sombre occasion to reflect on its failings
The 193-member UN commemorates its 75th birthday in September. The UN emerged from the ashes of World War 2 in 1945 to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. But, as UN secretary-general António Guterres recently conceded, “Today we have a multilateralism that has no teeth.”..
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