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Speaking at a plenary session on the theme “The Future of Strategic Partnerships and Multilateralism”, the President of the Europartenaires Association, Ms Elizabeth Guigou, observed that “the world order that was established by the United States and the victors of World War II, including the Soviet Union, is deeply shaken today”.
Ms. Guigou explained that multilateralism is more necessary than ever at a time when the “world is fragmenting with a global tendency to withdraw into itself.”
“Solutions can only be found through cooperation” to address global challenges such as climate change and the digital revolution, she stressed, warning that “we can no longer have unbalanced partnerships between the North and the South.”
Abounding in this sense, the former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ana Palacio, maintained that “we must review our definition of multilateralism by giving voice to the South.”
“The world has changed, we must assimilate that,” she insisted, noting that the multilateral system is based on a paradigm, namely peace as the ultimate goal.
For his part, the executive chairman of Newbridge Advisory (United Kingdom), Mr John Sawers, called for a reform of the United Nations Security Council, which he considered “ineffective”.
The conflicts and crises facing the world today have demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the Security Council in its current form, hence the need to expand it, he argued.
For his part, the Military Advisor in the Office of Military Affairs of the UN Department of Peace Operations, Mr. Birame Diop, affirmed that it is necessary to demonstrate to the general public what is “the added value” of multilateralism.
To do this, he said, it is necessary to highlight the risks associated with autocracies, populism, nationalism and extremism.
“We must choose between multilateralism, which is perhaps the least bad solution to solve our global problems, and autocracy, which has led us to dead ends throughout history,” Diop said.
The 12th edition of the annual international conference of the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) “The Atlantic Dialogues”, opened on Thursday, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
Focused on the theme “A More Assertive Atlantic: Its Meaning for the World”, this edition brings together more than 400 guests from 80 different nationalities from across the Atlantic basin to discuss a variety of economic and geopolitical topics, reflecting the changes in a broader and more integrated Atlantic through frank, informal and factually informed exchanges, fostering discussions that can lead to concrete actions.
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