The article discusses the need for the next United Nations Secretary-General to revive effective multilateral negotiation practices, emphasizing the importance of 'win-win' approaches to address global challenges. It highlights the failure of recent international agreements, such as the plastics treaty talks and the NPT review conference, and suggests that the current candidates for secretary-general have not sufficiently emphasized negotiation in their visions.
Bias read (Center): The article presents an analytical perspective on the state of multilateral negotiations without overtly favoring any particular political ideology. It critiques the lack of emphasis on negotiation by UN secretary-general candidates but does so in a balanced manner, referencing specific events and o
