According to Mr. Guterres, the initiative covers the suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the UN activities, review and redefine the powers and tasks of the General Assembly and the UN Security Council, reform both institutions and organizations and UN functions and duties.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council in February 2025
The UN has raised the issue of extensive reform and so far achieved certain results. However, this process is generally stagnant and not comprehensive. The gap between the perception of the need to quickly reform deeply and actually in the UN in the members is still very large. Meanwhile, the current world has changed very basically compared to the UN period established 80 years ago, so on this occasion proposing a new initiative to create a strong and clear changing step in the UN reform process is a positive, appropriate and necessary approach.
The UN reform in general and the UN80 Initiative in particular are not directly related to the views and policies of the new government in the US. However, the views and policies of the new government in the United States on the United Nations, on multilateral cooperation in the modern world to a certain extent, the impact makes the urgent reform deeper and thoroughly become more urgent.
The UN must reform for the future of the UN and the future of the world. Reform to adapt to the world has changed basically. Only then will the UN preserve and strengthen the role, position and influence of the main pillar in political, peaceful, security, security, stability and development of the world.
