Valeriy Kuchynskiy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Repre-sentative of Ukraine at the UNO * * * The UNO and current geopolitical challenges: the role and efficiency of organization in tackling global problems By tradition, good round figure in the life of a person, country or international organization bring multitudes of guests together which solemnly congratulate persons whose anniversary is celebrated, do justice to the achievements and wish good luck for the future. It is the same in the case of the United Nations Organization: dozens of heads of states and governments, persons of royal blood, ministers and other important persons were gathering in New York to mark the 50th anniversary of UNO in 1995 and to participate in the Summit of Millennium in 2000. The next such occasion is still a long time away; therefore the regular 58th session of the General Assembly of UNO became an exception from the rules: 50 presidents, about 30 prime ministers and over 90 vice-premiers and ministers for foreign affairs of the UNO member countries took part in the general political discussion in the fall of 2003. стр. 3 Has the UNO been transformed into the "club of interesting socializing" by now? Can it do its work in a proper way in the future? Has it swayed under the attempts to establish global monopolarity? These questions, especially after the known Iraqi events, gathered leaders and chief players from the states of the world in the hall for plenary meetings of the General Assembly. The unanimous support of advantage of the multipolarity and confirmation of central role of the UNO as a unique international organization able to tackle global problems became the main result of the high level discussion. As speakers underlined, serious steps in the direction of reformation of the Organization should be taken to effectively tackle these problems. Their speeches stroke the keynote of the session. In order to understand the topicality of these is ... Читать далее