India's Ex-United Nations Envoy Named Secretary General Of Think Tank Panel


NEW DELHI: India's former Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed Secretary General of a commission, launched by a global think tank, that is aimed at identifying policy proposals to enhance the multilateral system's ability to respond to evolving global challenges.

The Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM), launched by International Peace Institute (IPI), will be chaired by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and co-chaired by Foreign Minister of Norway Borge Brende and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird.

IPI will serve as the secretariat under the leadership of its Senior Adviser Puri, who would be the Secretary General of the commission, according to a statement.

The commission would be a comprehensive two-year programme, with the objective of identifying policy proposals to enhance the multilateral system's ability to respond to existing and evolving global challenges.

The work of the commission would be funded by the governments of Canada and Norway.

Giving the rationale for establishing the ICM, the think tank said with the evolving global challenges, there is a need to review the multilateral system so that it deals better with the dynamic geo-political situation.

The United Nations was formed nearly seven decades ago and since then, there has been a dramatic evolution in the nature of threats to international peace and security as well as a proliferation of new challenges, the statement said.
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Source: PTI