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Toronto Sun
25-06-2025
- Toronto Sun
'Not something to celebrate': As it turns 80 and faces dwindling global clout, can the UN survive？
HUNTER: Suspected serial killer was also eyed in '91 murder of Toronto woman 'Not something to celebrate': As it turns 80 and faces dwindling global clout, can the UN survive？ Photo by Markus Schreiber, File / AP Photo Article content UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of the Second World War, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There's little to celebrate. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Try refreshing your browser, or Play Video Article content And as the latest conflict between Israel, Iran and the United States flared, it watched from the sidelines. Four generations after its founding, as it tries to chart a new path for its future, a question hangs over the institution and the nearly 150,000 people it employs and oversees: Can the United Nations remain relevant in an increasingly contentious and fragmented world? Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content With its dream of collaboration drifting, can it even survive? An act of optimism created it When the United Nations was born in San Francisco on June 26, 1945, the overriding goal of the 50 participants who signed the UN Charter was stated in its first words: 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.' Earlier this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded that same theme: 'Eight decades later, one can draw a direct line between the creation of the United Nations and the prevention of a third world war.' There has been no such war — thus far. But conflicts still rage. They continue not only in Gaza and Ukraine but Sudan, eastern Congo, Haiti and Myanmar — to name a few — and, most recently, Iran and Israel. The needs of tens of millions of people caught up in fighting and trapped in poverty have increased even as rich donor nations, not just the United States, are reducing their aid budgets. Your Midday Sun Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Article content Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The UN General Assembly is planning a commemoration on the 80th anniversary on June 26. This week an exhibition on the San Francisco meeting opened at UN headquarters with a rare centrepiece — the original UN Charter, on loan from the U.S. National Archives in Washington. But the mood in the halls of the UN headquarters in New York is grim. Diplomats are anxious about the immediate future, especially the outcome expected in August of a U.S. review of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions ordered by President Donald Trump. And UN staff here and in more than 60 offices, agencies and operations that get money from its regular operating budget are facing 20% job cuts, part of Guterres' reform effort and reaction to already announced Trump funding cuts. Advertisement 5 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 'It's not something to celebrate,' Kazakhstan's UN Ambassador Kairat Umarov said of the upcoming anniversary. 'This should be united nations — not disunited,' he said. 'Collectively, we can do a lot,' but today 'we cannot agree on many things, so we agree to disagree.' A changing world accommodated a changing UN In a different world of land-line telephones, radios and propeller planes, the UN Charter was signed by just 50 nations _ mainly from Latin America and Europe, with half a dozen from the Mideast, and just a few from Asia and Africa. Over the decades, its membership has nearly quadrupled to 193 member nations, with 54 African countries now the largest bloc followed by the 54 from Asia and the Pacific. And the world has changed dramatically with the advent of computers and satellites, becoming what the late former Secretary-General Kofi Annan called a 'global village.' Advertisement 6 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The UN system has also expanded enormously from its origins, which focused on peace and security, economic and social issues, justice and trusteeships for colonies. Today, the map of the UN system looks like a multi-headed octopus with many tentacles — and miniature tentacles sprouting from those. In 2023, its secretariat and numerous funds, agencies and entities dealing with everything from children and refugees to peacekeeping and human rights had over 133,000 staff worldwide. Kishore Mahbubani, who served twice as Singapore's UN ambassador, credited the United Nations with thus far preventing a third World War. While there are still wars, deaths have continued a long-term decline 'and the world is still, overall, a much more peaceful place,' he said. Advertisement 7 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 'And many small states still live in peace, not having to worry about the neighbours occupying them,' said Mahbubani, a respected geopolitical analyst. Mahbubani and others also point to successes in the 71 UN peacekeeping operations since 1948, including in Angola, Cambodia, Sierra Leone (which is currently a member of the Security Council) and Liberia (which will join in January). There is also wide praise for specialized UN agencies, especially those dealing with hunger, refugees and children as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the UN's nuclear watchdog, and the International Telecommunications Union. Among numerous responsibilities, it allocates the global radio spectrum and satellite orbits and brings digital connectivity to millions. Advertisement 8 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content As Guterres told the Security Council earlier this year, 'The United Nations remains the essential, one-of-a-kind meeting ground to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights.' What actually gets done at the UN? Every September, world leaders get a global platform at the General Assembly. And every day their ambassadors and diplomats meet to debate issues from conflicts to climate change to the fight for gender equality and quality education. Sometimes, such talks produce little or no results. At others, achievements get overlooked or ignored by the broader world community, far from the hubs of diplomacy. And the Security Council is the only place where Russia and Ukraine regularly face off over the ongoing war following Russia's 2022 invasion — and where the Palestinian and Israeli ambassadors frequently confront each other. Advertisement 9 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Despite its successes and achievements over past decades, Singapore's Mahbubani called the UN today 'a very sad place,' lamenting that Guterres had failed 'to inspire humanity' as the late Pope Francis did. 'But,' Mahbubani said, 'it should celebrate the fact it is alive and not dead.' John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who was national security adviser during Trump's first term, was also critical of the state of the UN in 2025. 'It's probably in the worst shape it's been in since it was founded,' said Bolton, now an outspoken Trump critic. He pointed to gridlock in the Security Council on key issues. He blames rising international tensions that divide the council's five veto-wielding powers — with Russia and China facing off against U.S., Britain and France on many global challenges. Advertisement 10 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Richard Gowan, UN director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank, said the United Nations has bounced from crisis to crisis since the 1990s. With the gloomy geopolitical picture and U.S. funding cuts impacting humanitarian operations, he said this 'is not just another blow-up that will blow over.' 'Everyone seems to be resigned to the fact that you're going to have a smaller UN in a few years' time,' Gowan said. 'And that is partially because virtually every member state has other priorities.' What happens in the UN's next chapter? Guterres has launched several major reform efforts, getting approval from UN member nations last September for a 'Pact for the Future' — a blueprint to bring the world together to tackle 21st-century challenges. Gowan said Guterres' successor, who will be elected next year and take over in 2027, will have to shrink the organization. But many cuts, consolidations and changes will require approval of the divided UN membership. Possible radical reforms include merging UN aid and development agencies to avoid duplication. Advertisement 11 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Don't forget, says Gowan, that a huge amount of diplomatic business — much of it having nothing to do with the United Nations _ gets done because it is in New York, a place to have those conversations. 'If you were to close the UN, there would also be a lot of intelligence people and spies who would be deeply disappointed. Because it's a wonderful place to cultivate your contacts,' Gowan said. 'Americans may not realize that having the UN in New York is a bonanza for us spying on other nations. So we shouldn't let that go.' Ian Bremmer, who heads the Eurasia Group, a political risk and consulting firm, said the Trump administration's attempts to undermine the United Nations — which the United States conceived in 1945 — will make China more important. With Trump exiting from the World Health Organization, the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA and cutting humanitarian funding, he said, China will become 'the most influential and the most deep-pocketed' in those agencies. Advertisement 12 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Bremmer, who calls himself a close adviser to Guterres, insisted the United Nations remains relevant — 'with no caveats.' 'It's a relatively poorly resourced organization. It has no military capabilities. It has no autonomous foreign policy,' Bremmer said. 'But its legitimacy and its credibility in speaking for 8 billion people on this little planet of ours is unique.' He added: 'The important thing is that as long as the great powers decide not to leave the United Nations, every day that they stay is a vote of confidence in the UN.' Expansion of the UN Security Council is probably the most fertile area for potential change. Decades of discussions have failed to agree on how to enlarge the 15-member council to reflect the global realities of the 21st century, though there is wide agreement that Africa and Latin America deserve permanent seats. Singapore's Mahbubani said he believes the United Nations 'will definitely survive.' The 'genius' of its founders, he said, was to give the big powers after the Second World War a veto in the Security Council, preventing the global body from dying as its predecessor, the League of Nations, did. That survival, Mahbubani believes, will continue: 'It will,' he said, 'outlast us all.' — Edith M. Lederer, chief correspondent at the United Nations, has been covering international affairs for more than half a century. Article content Share this article in your social network Read Next
Glasgow Times
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Ukraine says Russia launched 479 drones in war's biggest overnight bombardment
Apart from drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different parts of Ukraine, according to the air force, which said the barrage targeted mainly central and western areas of Ukraine. Ukraine's air defences destroyed 277 drones and 19 missiles in mid-flight, an air force statement said, claiming that only 10 drones or missiles hit their target. Officials said one person was injured. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in some areas 'the situation is very difficult' (Markus Schreiber/AP) A recent escalation in aerial attacks has coincided with a renewed Russian battlefield push on eastern and north-eastern parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Sunday that in some of those areas 'the situation is very difficult'. He provided no details. Ukraine is short-handed on the front line against its bigger enemy and needs further military support from its Western partners, especially air defences. But uncertainty about the US policy on the war has fuelled doubts about how much help Kyiv can count on. Two recent rounds of direct peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul have yielded no significant breakthroughs beyond pledges to swap prisoners as well as thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops. Russia's aerial attacks usually start late in the evening and end in the morning, because drones are harder to spot in the dark. Russia has relentlessly battered civilian areas of Ukraine with Shahed drones during the more than three-year war. The attacks have killed more that 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations. Russia says it targets only military targets. Ukraine has developed long-range drones that continue to strike deep inside Russia. Journalists gather near the motorcade of refrigerators of the first convoy carrying bodies of Ukrainian soldiers for repatriation at an exchange area near Novaya Guta, Belarus (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP) Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it shot down 49 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. Two drones hit a plant specialising in electronic warfare equipment in the Chuvashia region, located more than 600 kilometres east of Moscow, local officials reported. Alexander Gusev, head of Russia's Voronezh region, said 25 drones had been shot down there overnight, damaging a gas pipeline and sparking a small fire. The Ukrainian General Staff claimed special operations forces forces struck two Russian fighter jets stationed at the Savasleyka airfield in Russia's Novgorod region located some 650 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The statement did not say how the planes were struck.
The Herald Scotland
09-06-2025
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Ukraine says Russia launched 479 drones in war's biggest overnight bombardment
Ukraine's air defences destroyed 277 drones and 19 missiles in mid-flight, an air force statement said, claiming that only 10 drones or missiles hit their target. Officials said one person was injured. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in some areas 'the situation is very difficult' (Markus Schreiber/AP) A recent escalation in aerial attacks has coincided with a renewed Russian battlefield push on eastern and north-eastern parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Sunday that in some of those areas 'the situation is very difficult'. He provided no details. Ukraine is short-handed on the front line against its bigger enemy and needs further military support from its Western partners, especially air defences. But uncertainty about the US policy on the war has fuelled doubts about how much help Kyiv can count on. Two recent rounds of direct peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul have yielded no significant breakthroughs beyond pledges to swap prisoners as well as thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops. Russia's aerial attacks usually start late in the evening and end in the morning, because drones are harder to spot in the dark. Russia has relentlessly battered civilian areas of Ukraine with Shahed drones during the more than three-year war. The attacks have killed more that 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations. Russia says it targets only military targets. Ukraine has developed long-range drones that continue to strike deep inside Russia. Journalists gather near the motorcade of refrigerators of the first convoy carrying bodies of Ukrainian soldiers for repatriation at an exchange area near Novaya Guta, Belarus (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP) Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it shot down 49 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. Two drones hit a plant specialising in electronic warfare equipment in the Chuvashia region, located more than 600 kilometres east of Moscow, local officials reported. Alexander Gusev, head of Russia's Voronezh region, said 25 drones had been shot down there overnight, damaging a gas pipeline and sparking a small fire. The Ukrainian General Staff claimed special operations forces forces struck two Russian fighter jets stationed at the Savasleyka airfield in Russia's Novgorod region located some 650 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The statement did not say how the planes were struck.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
AP PHOTOS: Players and fans prepare for the Champions League final
PSG's head coach Luis Enrique, right, looks his players during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A man holds a banner reading 'Search Ticket pay 1000 euros' ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Inter Milan's players attend a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram warms up during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Soccer fans cheer ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A large replica of the official match ball is placed on the stadium grounds before a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) A soccer fan cools off on a fountain ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) PSG's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's tattoo as he stands on the pitch during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Inter Milan's goalkeeper Yann Sommer gestures during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) PSG's Ousmane Dembele, right, and PSG's goalkeeper Arnau Tenas talk during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Soccer fans cheer ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Logistics workers walk outside the stadium before a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) A soccer fan cheers ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) PSG's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, left, gestures with his teammate Ousmane Dembele during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Inter Milan's players run during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The Champions League trophy is displayed on the field during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez wears the bib during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) An Inter fan, wearing an effigy of Lautaro Martinez on her head reacts ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) An Inter fan, wearing an effigy of Lautaro Martinez on her head reacts ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) PSG's head coach Luis Enrique, right, looks his players during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A man holds a banner reading 'Search Ticket pay 1000 euros' ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Inter Milan's players attend a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram warms up during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Soccer fans cheer ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A large replica of the official match ball is placed on the stadium grounds before a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) A soccer fan cools off on a fountain ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) PSG's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's tattoo as he stands on the pitch during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Inter Milan's goalkeeper Yann Sommer gestures during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) PSG's Ousmane Dembele, right, and PSG's goalkeeper Arnau Tenas talk during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Soccer fans cheer ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Logistics workers walk outside the stadium before a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) A soccer fan cheers ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) PSG's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, left, gestures with his teammate Ousmane Dembele during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Inter Milan's players run during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The Champions League trophy is displayed on the field during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez wears the bib during a training session ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) An Inter fan, wearing an effigy of Lautaro Martinez on her head reacts ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Fans and players are getting ready for the Champions League final in Munich on Saturday. European men's club showpiece pits French champion Paris Saint-Germain against Italian runner-up Inter Milan. PSG is striving for its first European Cup title and Inter its fourth. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. ___ AP soccer:
New York Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Merz Fails in First Parliament Vote to Become Germany's Next Chancellor
Friedrich Merz Fails in First Round of Voting to Become Germany's Next Leader The setback was likely temporary, but it was historic. No modern German chancellor has ever failed to secure the job on a first ballot in Parliament. Learn more Listen to this article · 0:57 min Share full article Friedrich Merz in the German Parliament on Tuesday after failing to get enough votes to be named chancellor. Credit... Markus Schreiber/Associated Press
