Today’s global challenges—including climate shocks, geopolitical conflicts, mass displacement, and the rapid spread of disruptive technologies—are more interconnected than at any point in the UN’s history. Addressing them demands a United Nations that works as a single, coherent system. The secretary-general’s new report on UN reform, “Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver,” is the latest, most […] The post The UN’s Coherence Paradox: Why the UN80 Reforms Are Not Enough appe...| IPI Global Observatory
The United Nations peacebuilding architecture—consisting of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the secretary-general’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)—is undergoing its fourth review since its creation in 2005. The purpose of the Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR) is to strengthen the UN’s capacity to prevent conflict and build sustainable peace. Unlike previous processes, this […] The post Whose Peace Is It, Anyway? Defining Ownership in...| IPI Global Observatory
The 80th anniversary of the United Nations should have been a celebration. Instead, it has become a reckoning.At the heart of that reckoning is the Mandate Implementation Review (MIR), a quietly released but deeply consequential report that diagnoses a long-festering problem inside the UN system: mandate overload. Since 1946, more than 40,000 resolutions have been […]| IPI Global Observatory
