<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Harris Gleckman</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:gleckman@mindspring.com">gleckman@mindspring.com</a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></div><div class="msg-5829340214564500672"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-5829340214564500672WordSection1"><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">            Al Jazeera published today my op-ed which they entitled  <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/3/a-corporate-takeover-of-the-un-must-be-stopped" target="_blank">" A corporate takeover of the UN must be stopped".</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">            TNI communication people (Shaun and Denis) patiently nurtured the publication. It took over two months. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5829340214564500672MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">            The op-ed argues </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1.0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The United Nations <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/14/the-russia-ukraine-war-provides-an-opportunity-to-reform-the-un" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0059a5">needs a revamp</span></a>. There can be little dispute about that. And the UN’s September 2024 Summit for the Future is an ideal opportunity for this upgrade.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1.0in;background:white;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 30px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The people of the world expect a global form of governance that can confront the unique challenges of the 21st century. The UN’s creaking, post-World War II structures have been <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/28/japan-to-push-for-africa-seat-at-the-un-security-council-kishida" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0059a5">struggling to meet</span></a> the challenges of the modern world for a long time. The many crises we face demand that the UN evolves to meet these challenges. <span style="background:white">But Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s vision for that evolution – as set out in his report to the General Assembly, Our Common Agenda – is ill-conceived and underwhelming.   <a href="http://But%20Secretary-General%20Antonio%20Guterres’s%20vision%20for%20that%20evolution%20–%20as%20set%20out%20in%20his%20report%20to%20the%20General%20Assembly,%20Our%20Common%20Agenda%20–%20is%20ill-conceived%20and%20underwhelming." target="_blank">More</a> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">           <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>