为了实现世界各国人民的愿望，联合国必须与时俱进，加强大小国家之间的团结，实现可持续发展目标，并应对气候变化带来的环境问题。它需要结束冲突，促进和平与稳定，并处理国际犯罪行为，如贩运、恐怖主义和全球人道主义紧急情况的加剧——对一个已有75年历史的组织来说，这是一个非常高的要求，其记分卡仍然令人失望，主要原因是掌握全球权力和影响力的国家缺乏政治意愿。
The United Nations, in order to meet the aspirations of the world’s peoples, will need to modernize, strengthen solidarity among nations, big and small, achieve the SDGs and respond to environmental issues brought on by climate change. It will need to end conflicts, promote peace and stability and address international crimes, such as trafficking, terrorism and the rise in humanitarian emergencies around the globe — a very tall order for a 75-year-old organization, whose scorecard remains wanting, which is mostly owing to lack of political will from those who wield global power and influence.