Date/Time
Date(s) - Thursday - Mar 26, 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Registration: https://bit.ly/UNinperil
The United Nations and the post-World War II order are under acute threat; the UN has warned of “imminent financial collapse” and competing initiatives like US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” threaten to co-opt the purposes of the UN in favor of US interests. There are plenty of legitimate criticisms of global governance and UN, but the gap that they would leave behind and a return to the rule of the strongest present much bigger challenges for the future of peace, justice, and multilateralism. The alternative must be to reform the United Nations and related bodies to make the institution more inclusive, effective, and resilient.
In Autumn 2024, member states gathered at the UN Summit of the Future and agreed to a broad agenda for action in the form of the Pact for the Future. With a section dedicated to global governance reform, the document outlines some paths forward. Without the active involvement of civil society to pressure governments to implement what they have already agreed to, these efforts are destined to fail.
In this webinar, we will present initiatives by civil society working to hastily reform the UN at a moment where its absence is already being felt, from Gaza to Sudan, Venezuela to Ukraine and Iran, and beyond.
Agenda:
- Greeting remarks by Guy Ryder, Under Secretary General of UN, in charge of the UN80 Initiative Action Plan
- Introduction by Sean Conner, IPB
- The New Foundations Project – presented by Ghislain Le Ray, Alfonso Zardi, & Farah Sakr
- Article 109 Coalition – presented by Sophia García García
- Better Order Project – presented by Zachary Paikin, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft)
- Importance of greater Global South representation in UN – presented by Anu Chenoy, IPB
- Q&A
Moderator: Sean Conner, IPB
Organized by: IPB, New Foundations, Pax Christi France
Registration: https://bit.ly/UNinperil
