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      Mary Robinson
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      Dear Friends,

      At this start of a new year and a new decade, the world faces two 
distinct existential threats: nuclear proliferation and the climate crisis.

      Responding to these threats is critical, but made harder at a time 
when multilateral co-operation is being undermined by populism, nationalism 
and a failure of collective solidarity.

      In a December 2019 statement on the crisis facing multilateralism, The 
Elders called on all world leaders to:

      ‘acknowledge that effective multilateralism is in their own national 
interest, regardless of size or strength. Getting others to cooperate by 
means of internationally-agreed mechanisms is less costly and more reliable 
than unilateral force.’

      Such an approach is not only needed in order to tackle the climate 
crisis and nuclear non-proliferation but also crucially important in 
addressing the alarming escalation of tensions across the Middle East – 
Iran, Palestine, Libya, Syria and Yemen to name but a few.

      As the United Nations marks its 75th year, the world needs a new 
vision and a bold sense of purpose if we are to prevent the scourge of war 
and overcome the existential threats we face.

      On nuclear non-proliferation, The Elders continue to speak clearly and 
forcefully about the need for all nuclear powers to get serious about 
disarmament and to act now to prevent incommensurable devastation. 
Crucially, this means the US and Russia taking clear steps in 2020 towards 
the renewal of the New START agreement on nuclear arms control.

      On the climate crisis, The Elders recognise the need for a bold new 
initiative. The disappointing outcome of COP25 in Madrid shows that there is 
still insufficient political will for urgent, collective action to avert 
catastrophe.

      We need a new mindset that recognises the urgency of the challenge the 
IPCC posed in its report on warming at 1.5˚C. New ideas are borne from a 
shared understanding that we need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% 
by 2030 and be carbon neutral before 2050.

      The United Nations will mark its 75th anniversary with a global 
dialogue on its future and purpose. This is a cause for celebration, but 
also for speaking frank truths. In an address to the UN Security Council 
earlier this month I made clear that the UN - and especially its Security 
Council – need to be a key player in tackling global challenges, but that it 
is seen by many as not being fit for purpose.

      Too many member states, not least those with the special 
responsibility of holding Permanent Seats, treat it as a forum for advancing 
their own narrow interests rather than a means of addressing common 
challenges.

      The Elders also call on UN member states to do more in 2020 to advance 
gender equality. Women drew up a remarkable multilateral agenda in Beijing 
25 years ago, and this year also marks the twentieth anniversary of Security 
Council Resolution 1325 on women, conflict and peacebuilding. But women now 
face a backlash in marking these momentous anniversaries. Greater priority 
must be given to the terrible problem of systemic violence and 
discrimination against women and girls – a cause of immense suffering that 
The Elders will continue to draw attention to.

      When The Elders founder, Nelson Mandela, addressed the UN General 
Assembly on 3rd October 1994 as President of South Africa he posed this 
question:

      “given the interdependence of the nations of the world, what is it 
that we can and must do to ensure that democracy, peace and prosperity 
prevail everywhere?”

      To which he suggested a new initiative was needed, one that “should 
inspire all of humanity because of the seriousness of its intent.”

      The time for such a new initiative to protect people and planet is 
surely now. Future generations will neither forget nor forgive if we 
squander this opportunity.

      Mary Robinson
      Multilateral solutions are vital to tackling the global challenges we 
face


      Mary Robinson at the UN Security Council
      As the United Nations marks the start of its 75th anniversary, Mary 
Robinson addresses the Security Council on multilateralism, nuclear arms 
control and gender equality.


      Women, girls and non-binary leaders are demonstrating the leadership 
our world so badly needs


      Guest blog by Dr Katherine Wilkinson
      Writer, educator and environmentalist, Dr Katherine Wilkinson, 
illustrates the need for climate leadership that is, "more conventionally 
feminine and more faithfully feminist," in order to transform the climate 
leadership crisis.





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      Speaking at the Doha Forum, Ban Ki-moon highlights #nuclearthreat as 
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Subject: 2020 must be a year of multilateral action on nuclear arms, climate 
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