UN General Assembly
2023

Of course, such reproaches are not entirely fair. The United Nations is all of us. The Organization can do only as much as its Member States allow it to do. On the one hand, that is perfectly logical. On the other, it is fraught with determinism. It implies that the United Nations is hostage to external forces and will be able to effectively fulfil its mandate only when there are positive changes in its environment. Does that not sound familiar? That was the same prevailing attitude towards the League of Nations before the Second World War. Just a century ago. on the shores of Lake Geneva, many, like us. discussed the threats of their time. However, those discussions had little effect, and the world inexorably slipped into the abyss. The League of Nations was consigned to oblivion because of its uselessness. The United Nations could suffer the same fate if it remains a passive observer.