NYT: On the Ground in Wars and Disasters, the UN Plays a Vital Role

This article highlights the role of the United Nations agencies during major conflicts, with a focus on the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. CIC’s Eugene Chen provides critical feedback on how the UN can improve during times of crises

“There is certainly an organizational culture that is resistant to change within the U.N. The fact that the U.N. is not the most effective and efficient organization in the world is not just the fault of the U.N.; part of the blame has to rest with member states.

Eugene Chen, a former senior U.N. official who worked on finance and reform issues and is now a director at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.

Read the full piece in the New York Times.

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