UN is slowly dying, not making any real contribution during crises and wars

JAKARTA - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, who is also a candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), said that the international organization is losing its relevance and is slowly heading towards death.

"I don't see the UN in danger of imminent death... I see it more as a kind of slow death. The UN has moved towards irrelevance... without making a meaningful contribution to the recent crises and inter-state wars," he told the Financial Times. reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Thursday, August 13.

Grossi spoke of "frustration" over the organization's poor results in other areas, particularly social issues and efforts to combat climate change.

The members of the UN Security Council are conducting a preliminary vote to select the candidate for Secretary-General and recommend him to the UN General Assembly, which, based on the UN Charter, officially appoints the Secretary-General.

The current Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, is serving his second and final term, which ends on December 31, 2026.

On July 31, the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the UN and President of the UN Security Council Zenon Mukongo Ngay said the first round of closed voting on the candidate for Secretary-General had been completed.

There are seven candidates running for the post, namely Michelle Bachelet from Chile, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces from Ecuador, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina, Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis from Costa Rica, Olara Otunnu from Uganda, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett from Guyana, and Macky Sall from Senegal.