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In NYC, we teamed up with @ClubdeMadrid to advance meaningful UN reform.
During #UNGA81 High-Level Week, former presidents & prime minsters from the Club de Madrid lent their voices to the cause of reviewing the UN Charter & the goal of delivering change that meets the moment.
Article 109's @RitaFrench109, joined @RefugeesIntl's podcast "Forced From Home" for a live recording during #UNGA81 alongside Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein from @ipinst & Tirana Hassan from @MSF_USA_
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Can the five permanent members of UN Security Council use their veto power to block a proposal to review the UN Charter?
Heba Aly, Director of Article 109, tells TRT World that five permanent members cannot veto the initial proposal to convene a UN review conference
After a hectic week in New York, we're now in Brussels, where we've continued to build momentum behind meaningful UN reform.
@Article109's Ei & Saul presented UN Charter review as a pathway to renew international cooperation at the @Europarl_EN alongside elected representatives.
Article 109 also met with youth activists, political groups & civil society to discuss shared goals and ways to include young people in reimagining the UN.
Many thanks to our members, @PaxChristi & @JEF_Europe, for organising these great events!
That's a wrap on #UNGA81, where @Article109 was on the ground making the case for renewing the UN Charter.
We’re leaving New York encouraged. Encouraged because there is a growing recognition we need to move from rhetoric on reform, to actionable solutions.
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UN Security Council reform has long been on the agenda.
On the sidelines of #UNGA81 we co-hosted a debate on what is needed to overcome Security Council paralysis with @Oxfam @QuincyInst @TrustAfrica
Civil society presented proposals that Member States in the room responded to.
Briggs Bomba, from our member @TrustAfrica, presented Africa’s perspective, and why reform is a matter of historical justice.
"Article 109 is part of the most important work we're ever going to do."
@minderoo's Andrew Forrest convened a discussion on "leadership for a UN fit for the future" in NY this week.
Barbados Foreign Minister, Christopher Sinckler, gave remarks on behalf of PM @miaamormottley
Leading candidate for SG @RGrynspan ; historian @thantmyintu ; Article 109 high-level champion @HelenClarkNZ ; Chief Executive of @ODI_Global @SaraPantuliano ; and other experts, former leaders, and gov. representatives gave their thoughts on how to achieve meaningful UN reform.
Our reception on the sidelines of #UNGA81 brought movers and shakers together to show support for reimagining international cooperation.
It was a moment to reflect on the past year since our re-launch at last year’s high-level week – while having a good time in NYC Midtown!
@Laura_Ch, former President of Costa Rica and current President of @ClubdeMadrid, brought a coalition member’s perspective: “We joined this Coalition now over a year ago because we believe that defending multilateralism cannot mean defending the status quo.”
Throughout the evening, we heard from the many who showed up that renewing the UN Charter gives them a reason for optimism in these turbulent times
Thank you to @rosaluxstiftung for supporting this reception, to the volunteers who made it possible & all the people who came by!
“If we don’t have radical change, we are going to lose the institution altogether.”
At the @ProSyn x @FordFoundation event, Article 109's @HebaJournalist argued that the crisis of multilateralism is too dire to limit our ambition to incremental reforms.
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