US, Oct. 23 -- On October 24, 2026, the world marks 'United Nations Day' at a moment when international cooperation faces a profound test. Wars endanger civilians, geopolitical rivalries paralyse collective action, human rights are protected unevenly and the climate crisis weighs most heavily on vulnerable communities.

Economic inequality and mounting financial pressure are slowing sustainable development. Established after the Second World War, the United Nations (UN) embodied a historic ambition: to prevent future wars and let nations settle disputes through dialogue rather than destruction.

Eighty-one years after the UN Charter entered into force in 1945, that ambition remains indispensable. Yet the gap between the organization's fo...