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Dissolving and reconstituting UN is the only structural alternative

The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in Ukraine, on September 22, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. [AP]

The United Nations (UN) turned 80 in October last year; a venerable age for the most significant international organisation the world has ever seen. But events of recent years – from Trumpian military action to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza – represent major challenges to the UN system.

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