Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul
President Michael D Higgins attends the United Nations Opening session of the UN General Assembly with Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tanaiste Micheal Martin. Photograph: Maxwellsmany western states’ preferred model of global multilateral order over the past 15 years.
During Trump’s time in power the rules-based formula found supporters among EU, Nato and Asian states including Japan, South Korea and India, all anxious to maintain a non-geographic western position. The Biden administration revived the formula, saying clearly in its 2022 National Security Strategy: “America must lead. Strong, sustained American leadership is essential to a rules-based international order.
Debt strangulation of the poorest states and peoples, especially in Africa, is preventing realisation of the UN’s sustainable development goals, he said, only 17 per cent of which are on target for their 2030 deadline.
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