The UN's Future in a Changing World

Key Points

• 1Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the UN Summit of the Future in New York on September 22-23.
• 2The summit aims to forge a new international consensus for a better present and future, but the UN's future itself is a concern.
• 3The UN is seen as ineffective in tackling contemporary challenges, with a growing realization of this within the UN itself.
• 4The article traces the influence of Western intellectuals' ideas on the UN's formation, particularly the role of English-speaking nations.
• 5The UN's membership has expanded to 193 member-states, but the mindset of ethnic domination has persisted.
• 6The UN struggles to contain wars and enforce rules on global issues, as seen in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.
• 7India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, highlighted the crisis in the General Assembly in February, marking two years of hostilities in Ukraine.