The international community is failing to stop conflict. Despite efforts by international organisations and state actors to resolve or prevent it from breaking out, wars around the world have left millions of people suffering. Unstable governments and global insecurity are contributing to an age of poly-crisis, compounded by growing inequity and impunity.
How can a divided world work better to prevent and resolve conflict and reduce the suffering of the civilians affected?
Martin Griffiths has spent decades working within the United Nations system and other institutions on conflict resolution and humanitarian action, most recently as Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and the Emergency Relief Coordinator. He worked on peace deals in Indonesia, Spain, Thailand, Myanmar, Darfur, Syria and Yemen and responded to emergencies in Ethiopia, Haiti, Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Sudan, Turkiye and Gaza and elsewhere. In this discussion, he casts his expertise over the biggest challenges in the world today and assess the prospects for international cooperation on conflict resolution in the future.
Key questions to be discussed include:
- How can a lasting peace be secured in the conflict between Israel and Palestine ?
- Is the world too fragmented to prevent or resolve conflicts around the world?
- What role can the United Nations play in today’s geopolitical environment?
- How can the West and Global South better engage to limit conflict ?
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