Reinvigorating multilateralismLast year, the United Nations conducted a worldwide consultation involving more than one million people from 193 countries. Especially encouraging is that young people worldwide clearly want more international cooperation. We, therefore, welcome the secretary-general's suggestions for how to strengthen global foresight and risk-management capacity, including the proposal for a new global "Emergency Platform." Lastly, we welcome the proposal for a Summit of the Future in 2023, and we should use that opportunity to step up our efforts to strengthen international cooperation. Together, we must reinvigorate rules-based multilateralism, with a stronger and more inclusive UN at its core.

Source: Bangkok Post September 29, 2021 23:26 UTC