The Future Summit 2024: Towards a reform of the Security Council?

Oct 3, 2024 | Events |

On 26 September, GATE Center organised the first event in Spain on the Summit of the Future, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 22 and 23 September. The event featured a prestigious list of speakers who contributed to the discussion and analysis of the different positions that have been debated during the Future Summit:

  • Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain (2004-2011) and Chairman of the Advisory Board of GATE Center.
  • Pablo Gutiérrez-Segú, Advisory Member. Directorate General of the United Nations, International Organisations and Human Rights.
  • Ana Manero Salvador, Professor of International Public Law and International Relations, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
  • Carlos Espósito Massicci, Professor of International Public Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).
  • Iliana Olivié, Senior Researcher at the Real Instituto Elcano.
  • Paula Ballesteros, Associate Researcher at GATE Center.

 

Susanne Gratius, academic coordinator of my GATE Center, was in charge of moderating the roundtable, bringing to the debate inescapable questions such as: What were the main results of the Future Summit, can it be considered a success or a failure, or what weaknesses and strengths characterise the UN Security Council in the face of the most important world conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine? In this way, a rich conversation took place that pointed out the main challenges currently facing the institutional system that emerged from the San Francisco Conference, with special emphasis on the constrictions contained in the UN’s Magna Carta, which are a limiting factor when it comes to facing certain crises and reforms.

 

‘The future is here’ and under this slogan, GATE Center aims to build bridges and open opportunities to strengthen existing international commitments, giving them renewed relevance and importance. However, this meeting has been an active exercise to bring to the debate and to the public agenda the need to review the agreements reached almost 80 years ago, in order to achieve a fairer and more prosperous international scenario.

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