The president of the United Nations General Assembly warned that a “vicious circle” of climate shocks, conflict, and aid cuts is threatening decades of progress — making “deep reform” of the U.N. system more urgent than ever before.
“It is challenging at the current moment for the U.N., because it is not only under pressure politically, but also financially,” said Annalena Baerbock, speaking to Devex during the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
Those pressures — paired with a worsening climate crisis that Baerbock called the “biggest threat for social justice globally” — have made recent reforms proposed by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ever-more essential, she added.
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
