It would be possible if the member states had the will for unity. But that is not the case. For decades, committed organisations have been trying to persuade the United Nations to reform. Unfortunately, with little success.
In the run-up to the UN Future Summit planned for September 2024, the proposals of the ‘We the Peoples’ campaign (the first three words of the UN Charter) were also presented at the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi. Colombe Cahen-Salvador writes about her experiences:
I attended the United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi two weeks ago, and what I witnessed was heartbreaking. Thousands of people, activists and civil society organisations attended this conference with the promise that it would be the moment to change the multilateral system. But at every small push, however incremental, UN representatives explained during closed-door meetings it would never happen. They would not back any change capable of doing good. Why then bother to organise such a massive conference, and waste people's time?!
It is therefore questionable whether the proposals of ‘We the Peoples’ will be considered at the upcoming Future Summit. It is time to make a start on a new world organisation.
It's time for the United Mankind Initiative.