BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. UN multilateral
instruments can no longer meet modern challenges, the President of
North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova said at the 12th Global
Baku Forum, Trend
reports.
“It’s almost impossible to imagine the establishment of the UN
in 2025 with such ambitious goals as in 1945. The UN was
established for an era that has long passed, with less complexity
and greater predictability in international relations. Since then,
the world has undergone significant geopolitical, geoeconomic,
scientific, technological, and industrial transformations. The
number of member states and the world population have increased.
Globalization has deepened, and challenges have multiplied.
However, the competencies, structures, and procedures of the UN
have remained largely frozen since its founding. Many opportunities
for necessary reforms have been missed. The outdated multilateral
tools of the UN can no longer address contemporary geopolitical,
economic, environmental, demographic, and technological
challenges,” she said.
According to her, the UN is more necessary than ever today.
“However, the UN has rarely been as politically marginalized as
it is today,” the president pointed out.
The XII Global Baku Forum has started on March 13 and will
continue until March 15, 2025.
The forum is organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International
Center and will be held under the theme “Rethinking World Order:
Turning Challenges into Opportunities”.
Discussions focus on key global issues, including geopolitical
shifts, multilateralism, the global health crisis, recovery and
regional stability, COP29, and more.
The forum has brought together over 300 world leaders from more
than 60 countries, including more than 25 former presidents, over
15 former prime ministers, around 10 UN and international agency
heads, and over 25 former ministers and deputy ministers.
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