Opening a discussion at IPI on Broader Perspectives on the UN of Today and Tomorrow, outgoing President of the United Nations General Assembly Miroslav Lajčák said the “sad reality” facing the international organization was that “multilateralism is under threat.” He said that principles on which the UN were founded are “no longer universally accepted and […]
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From September 3–5, 2017, IPI convened its annual Salzburg Forum on the theme “Mapping the New Geopolitics, Prisoners of Geography or Lords of the Land?”The meeting brought together former prime ministers and foreign ministers, officials from the United Nations and regional organizations, diplomats, journalists, academics, experts on the Middle East and Europe, and representatives of […]
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The International Peace Institute (IPI) has entered into a partnership with the Council of Europe to work together on building peace and democracy.The Council’s Director General of Democracy Snežana Samardžić-Marković signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the Council at IPI’s Salzburg Forum on “Mapping of the New Geopolitics” on September 4, 2017. Vice […]
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Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and three of his fellow Elders told a thronged audience at IPI on May 9th that multilateral diplomacy was the only way to address critical issues facing the world today like armed conflict, climate change, mass migration, nuclear proliferation, and bad governance.“We need to work across national borders to […]
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Has the United Nations system sufficiently adapted to the challenges of the 21st century world? If not, how does it need to change? These were the central questions addressed during the launch of the summary report of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM), entitled “Pulling Together: The Multilateral System and its Future”, which was held […]
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“The UN still matters, but it needs to change,” declared IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen. “The main question is ‘How?’”Mr. Rød-Larsen made his remarks at the launch of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) final report at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva on December 12, 2016.The report, the product of […]
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How can open societies cope with threats that do not respect borders, from terrorist attacks, to cyber threats, to pandemics, to refugees and migrants? Is the fear caused by their “openness” fueling a rise in ideology and intolerance, and will this cause open societies to become more closed? And with open societies under attack, what […]
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An overflow crowd attended the launch of the ICM final report at IPI on September 21 and heard a prediction from one of the co- chairs of the two-year project that the document would soon become essential reading for those plotting the future of the United Nations.“Regardless of who will be the next Secretary-General,” said […]
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Entitled “Pulling Together: The Multilateral System and Its Future,” this is the final report of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM), an ambitious two-year project conducted by IPI. The report identifies how the UN-based multilateral system can be made more “fit for purpose” for twenty-first century challenges. It comes as a new secretary-general prepares to […]
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Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia, explained to an audience at IPI why, in his view, the UN is so fundamental to global stability on August 30, 2016.We must not take the existence of the UN for granted, he said. “The UN matters as a function of global order, but also […]
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