Andrew Cheatham on the U.N.’s ‘Pact for the Future’

September 24, 2024 00:11:25
Andrew Cheatham on the U.N.’s ‘Pact for the Future’
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Andrew Cheatham on the U.N.’s ‘Pact for the Future’

Sep 24 2024 | 00:11:25

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Show Notes

After dealing with “growing cynicism and lack of participation” in recent years, the U.N. General Assembly opened this week by adopting the Pact for the Future, which represents commitments from 193 countries to “really reform global governance as we know it,” says USIP’s Andrew Cheatham.

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