80 years on, UN remains humanity’s best hope
We still have only one UN —indispensable for peace and security.
Updated At : 06:44 AM Oct 24, 2025 IST
Relevant: The UN membership today stands at 193 — up from the original 50. Sandeep Joshi
TODAY (October 24), the United Nations (UN) reaches the milestone of 80 years even as it faces an uphill task in this increasingly difficult world, wherein 2 billion people live in conflict zones, 1.1 billion face multidimensional poverty, 887 million face climate hazards, 667 million go hungry, 100 economies will take at least 123 years to close the global gender gap and one in three women face physical/sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Yet, this beleaguered political organisation of 193 member states always remains ready to address each of the present-day challenges in this era of a planetary-level crisis.
