Valdai Club to Discuss UN’s Legacy. An Expert Discussion
On September 10, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “The UN’s Legacy: What Could the Organisation’s Reform Look Like 80 Years After Its Foundation?” Is UN reform possible, and if so, what will it be like? How can the effectiveness and transparency of international organisations in a multipolar world be increased? What can their legitimacy be based on today? Speakers: Vladimir Kuznetsov, Director of the UN Information Centre in Moscow Vladimir Grachev, Head of the Expert Council on Geopolitics of the Just World Institute, Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General (1997-2003), Director of the Conference Management Office of the UN Office at Geneva (2006-2014) Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (2013-2014) Mikatekiso Kubayi, Researcher, Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA, Research Fellow: Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation, Doctoral Candidate, Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from (2002–2011) Moderator: Andrey Sushentsov, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
On September 10, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “The UN’s Legacy: What Could the Organisation’s Reform Look Like 80 Years After Its Foundation?” Is UN reform possible, and if so, what will it be like? How can the effectiveness and transparency of international organisations in a multipolar world be increased? What can their legitimacy be based on today? Speakers: Vladimir Kuznetsov, Director of the UN Information Centre in Moscow Vladimir Grachev, Head of the Expert Council on Geopolitics of the Just World Institute, Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General (1997-2003), Director of the Conference Management Office of the UN Office at Geneva (2006-2014) Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (2013-2014) Mikatekiso Kubayi, Researcher, Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA, Research Fellow: Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation, Doctoral Candidate, Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from (2002–2011) Moderator: Andrey Sushentsov, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia