The high panel, a team of 16 former high-ranking officials and heads of international organizations, is responsible for analyzing the challenges to international peace and security, and for raising proposals and submitting reports on UN reform to the Secretary-General. The Security Council debates over the US-led invasion in Iraq and the mass killings in Sudan have raised anew concerns relating to the effectiveness of the United Nations. I believe the time is ripe for a hard look at fundamental policy issues, and at the structural changes that may be needed in order to strengthen them." He went on to call for "radical reform" of the UN system and in doing so established a High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. This may be a moment no less decisive than 1945 itself, when the United Nations was founded. He said: "We have come to a fork in the road. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/CloseĪ year ago in a speech to the United Nations's General Assembly, Secretary General Kofi Annan acknowledged that the United Nations did not meet the needs of its members, including the United States.Science and Technology Innovation Program.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.
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