China has ‘huge responsibility’ to reshape world order, reform global bodies like UN, WTO: foreign envoys to Beijing
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China has a “huge responsibility” to shape the future world order, as cracks in existing international systems reveal a dire need for reforms, envoys to Beijing told a multilateral forum on Sunday.
Addressing these challenges would require greater cooperation and integration between countries, and a “peaceful adaptation” of global institutions, from the World Trade Organization to the UN, Flor said at the annual forum of the Centre for China and Globalisation (CCG), a Beijing-based think tank.
“The way should be to look at a reform that makes our global order fit for purpose, for the tasks and the challenges that we confront,” she said.
“We need to address some of the inefficiencies [of current global frameworks],” Flor added, citing how the UN Security Council was “less able to act” in a time of heightened geopolitical tensions and crisis.
The more we have conflicts with China and among us, the weaker our ability to collectively address some of these issues.”
The war in Ukraine has revealed cracks in the Security Council, which has repeatedly failed to act swiftly and fulfil its responsibility of maintaining international peace and stability.
