今天，国际社会肩负着应对国际和平与安全所面临的若干严峻挑战这一重担。所有这些挑战都需要我们果断地紧急采取行动，并有效利用现有的多边渠道。我们面临着旷日持久的冲突、核武器和其他大规模毁灭性武器对生存构成的威胁、恐怖主义、跨国有组织犯罪、网络空间和外层空间中出现的挑战以及其他许多问题。在政治两极化日益加剧，程序上受阻，国际义务得不到履行，而且还存在其他挑战的背景下，全球安全遭受的此类威胁更显危急。
The global community today is saddled with several daunting challenges to international peace and security, all of which require urgent and decisive action and the effective use of existing multilateral channels. We are confronted with protracted conflicts, the existential threat of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, transnational organized crime, and challenges in cyberspace and outer space, among many other things. Such threats to global security have become more critical in the context of growing political polarization, procedural bottlenecks, non-compliance with international obligations and other challenges.