The UN Is Needed Now More Than Ever. Here's Why.

October 27, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Americas Tags: United NationsReformGovernmentElectionsViolence

The UN Is Needed Now More Than Ever. Here's Why.

The UN remains the most cost-effective option to pursue the restoration and maintenance of peace.

Raja Karthikeya is a Political Affairs Officer in the United Nations Secretariat. He has served with the UN in Afghanistan and Iraq. These views and opinions in this article are personal.

Image: Overview of the Pledging Conference for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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