The evolution of multilateral cooperation.


In the last 75 years, global cooperation in theUnited Nations framework has been through ups and downs, being constantly influenced by various global challenges. The United Nations is a reflection of its Member States and is as efficient, or ineffective, as its Member States make it. During the Cold War, the United Nations provided a successful channel of communication and achieved the first peacekeeping operations, as well as the adoption of agreements in the field of arms control and agreements for the protection of human rights. The decolonization process had a significant impact on global multilateral cooperation. The increase of United Nations members states – from 51 in 1945 to 99 in 1960 – changed the multilateral dynamic. The decision-making process in the United Nations General Assembly became more complex and influence was diffused. With the end of the Cold War, a new set of opportunities and challenges presented themselves, raising new prospects for international cooperation. The “New World Order”, however, did not take root. The world has become progressively more politically fragmented and at the same time interconnected. The process of globalization – in particular the technological advances in communication and transport – shrank the world. It created new opportunities, but also increased inequalities between developed and developing countries as well as within countries. Multilateral cooperation has had to evolve over the years with changing circumstances, but its significance in addressing global challenges has only increased dramatically with the passage of time. 


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