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During our Winter of Discontent, the UN is More Important than Ever

Alanna O’Malley

15 December 2017Long Read

President Donald Trump addresses 72nd United Nations assembly

US President Donald Trump giving his address at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, during which he threatened to ‘totally destroy North Korea’. Image courtesy of D Myles Cullen/Wikimedia.

By giving a clearer voice to the Global South, the UN can be revitalised and strengthened from within, and avoid the fate of its predecessor, the League of Nations, in being relegated to obscurity.

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During our Winter of Discontent, the UN is More Important than Ever

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