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A GROUP of 17 countries, including Palestine, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Iran, announced the establishment of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations earlier this week.
Initially declared in a concept note in March, the international alliance aims to “preserve, promote and defend” the UN Charter in the name of multilateralism, which it says “is currently under an unprecedented attack, which, in turn, threatens global peace and security.”
This attack includes the unilateral withdrawals from global treaties and the imposition of crippling economic sanctions, the group said, as it seeks to counter the domination of the UN by the United States.
The US attack on Venezuela raises grave threats to Cuba and the region, writes NATASHA HICKMAN of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
ZHANG HE highlights pressure coming from the global South for a more multilateral approach to global governance and a more equitable world order
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
The charter emerged from a profoundly democratic process where people across South Africa answered ‘What kind of country do we want?’ — but imperial backlash and neoliberal compromise deferred its deepest transformations, argues RONNIE KASRILS