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Sixty years ago, the United Nations was founded to maintain international peace and security, pro­mote self-determination and basic human rights, and protect fundamental freedoms. Sadly, weak­nesses in the organization have prevented it from fully realizing these high aspirations. The past six decades have seen dozens of initiatives from gov­ernments, think tanks, foundations, and panels of experts aimed at reforming the U.N. to make it more effective in meeting its responsibilities.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sided with the U.N. DevelopmentProgram after it fired a whistleblower who helped the United Statesuncover a scandal involving the program's activities in NorthKorea. The United States must demand that the secretary-generalimplement ethics reforms.

The Group of Four (G4) foreign ministers on Thursday expressed concern at the continued lack of meaningful progress in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council (SC) reform and renewed their determination to work towards commencing text-based negotiations without further delay in the IGN.

The bulk of the U.N. membership does not care about U.N. reform,effectiveness, accountability, or oversight. Instead, these member states are focused on increasing the scope of the organization'spower as a means for amplifying their own influence and prioritiesand using the organization as a lever to extract increasedinternational aid and transfers.

Responsibilities and Opportunities to Save Myanmar Responsibilities and Opportunities to Save Myanmar Anti-regime protesters call for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) from the UN in Yangon on March 7. / The Irrawaddy 14.4k By Ashley South 10 March 2021 Over the past week or so, the illegal junta which seized power on Feb. 1 has unleashed increasing violence on unarmed protesters, who are demanding justice and democracy in Myanmar. At least 60 people have been killed, and the death toll keeps rising. The people of Myanmar are demanding protection, but who will provide it? The country’s ...