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Kenya's voice counts as the world meets to discuss common future

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When the United Nations Security Council met to discuss situation in Ukraine. [File, Standard]

When the United Nations was born in June 1945, only 51 of today's 193 Member States were at the table in San Francisco to craft the architecture of multilateralism.

The deep challenges we face are universal and demand universal approaches and actions. The United Nations is still the only forum where this can happen. But too much power, and too many processes and procedures within the UN reflect yesterday's realities, not today's - still less tomorrow's.

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