Panel: 80 years on, is the UN still relevant?

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  Hello and welcome to World Today, I'm Zhao Ying.

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  World leaders are gathering in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  As the organization marks its 80th anniversary, the mood is anything but celebratory.

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  With wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine,

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  the world body is struggling to promote peace as its founders envisioned eight decades ago.

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  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the meeting with a plea to choose peace over war,

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  law over lawlessness,

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  and a future where nations come together rather than scramble for self-interests.

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  We have entered in a nation of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering.

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  Look around.

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  The principles of the United Nations that you have established are in the siege.

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  Listen, the pillars of peace and progress are buckling under the weight of impunity,

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  inequality and indifference.

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  At the same time,

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  the organization faces deep funding cuts largely from the United States and mounting doubts about its relevance.

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  So today we ask, 80 years on, has the UN lived up to its founding vision?

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  Is it still essential in today's world?

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  And what must it do to stay relevant and rebuild confidence in multilateralism?

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