UNITED NATIONS—Deep divisions especially among the world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace, the UN peacekeeping chief said.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix told The Associated Press in an interview that these divisions—most notably between the US and the West on one side and Russia and often China on the other—don’t only affect peacekeeping but everything the United Nations does in trying to promote peace and security.
“Yes, we still have a UN presence in many different crisis situations, but we don’t have the same united, committed push of the membership to advance those political agreements between the parties,” he said. “And sometimes, those agreements just unravel or they stagnate and create frustration.” Last July, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the post-Cold War period is over, and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades.
“The more division we have, the more we’re incapable to address crises, then the more challenging it is to deal effectively with those pressing global challenges,” Lacroix said. “How do we deal with the new technologies that can be enablers of conflict?” he said, pointing to digital technology and artificial intelligence that promote fake news and disinformation.
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