The future of multilateralism: should France retain its unique voice?

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The future of multilateralism: should France retain its unique voice? © Olivaint Conference‎

Jean-Maurice Ripert is a French diplomat with an exceptional career: former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva and New York, he has also served as Ambassador to Greece, Russia and China, and as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is therefore from the very heart of multilateral institutions that he invites us to reflect on their future.

In a world marked by the return of power logics and the weakening of international forums, the conference poses a central question: should France continue to defend a singular voice on the world stage? As a permanent member of the Security Council and a historic player in international law, it has real assets at its disposal, but is its singularity still a lever of influence or an increasingly isolated posture in the face of the new dynamics of a multipolar world?"

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