Lecture and Q&A

8th of November 16.30-18.00

Building I(i) Room 0.03

Come and hear Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director of the Global Governance Forum outline the ideas behind the proposal for A Second United Nations Charter: Modernizing the UN for a New Generation followed by a short Q&A.

The contemporary crises faced by humanity require a new kind of international agreement. One which will prevent accelerating climate change from ruining the world for future generations, deescalate the high levels of nationalism which risk precipitating further global conflicts, and address economic and social inequities which could undermine the basis of democracy and good governance. One which will remove the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons and place global security on international agreements securing freedom and democracy for all nations rather than on the military preparedness of individual states. This is a world which the UN, as currently constituted, with its decision-making capacities paralyzed by the veto powers of its permanent Security Council members, cannot achieve. If, as noted by United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, “global governance is stuck in time and we cannot effectively address problems as they are if institutions don´t reflect the world at it is” then what should a new UN Charter look like, to modernize our global governance architecture and empower the UN to help us address the myriad global catastrophic risks which threaten our future?

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Participation is free but please register via delia.barbu@vub.be