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Article Author: Let's build a stronger, more effective UN
Media Source: The Star (Kenya)
Date: 28 September 2020
Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the United Nations was created to maintain peace and security to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems. The cacophony that is the global response to Covid-19 is singular indictment of the idea of the United Nations. The very…
Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the United Nations was created to maintain peace and security to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems. The cacophony that is the global response to Covid-19 is singular indictment of the idea of the United Nations. The very essence of the United Nations is global collective action through consensus that is forged by mutual self-interest.