Dr. Syed Mehboob
Senior Business and Political Analyst
http//: www.thenewslark.com
Email:drmehboob.thenewslark@gmail.com
For the last two years and nine months the world has witnessed a bloodshed of thousands of innocent people, a planned, organized GENOCIDE of Gazans by Israel. About 73,000 people have been killed and 173,000 injured. Among dead 50,000 are children and 18,000 are women. 90% of Gaza’s population has been internally displaced. Over 125 health facilities have been damaged resulting in the death of over 1,700 health aid workers. This has been described GENOCIDE and WAR CRIME by UNO, ICC, ICJ, OIC and all international and regional institution. In February 2026, Israel-US attack on Iran killing its supreme leader Ayat ullah Khamenei and 177 school going girls which jeopardized the global peace. World is desperately looking for peace initiative and without a just, equitable and Multi -Polar world worder, durable peace is not possible.
In this perspective China ‘s proposal of Global Governance based on Principles and Equality is a ray of hope and is like a rainy season after a long drought.
Global governance is a common endeavor that bears on the wellbeing of allhumanity, and building a just and equitable global governance system is a sharedvision long pursued by people from across the world. Over 80 years ago, the United Nations (UN) was founded as a multilateralplatform for countries to address international affairs through dialogue andconsultation. It established international rules underpinning the rule of law, usheringin a new phase in global governance. After the Cold War, multipolarization andeconomic globalization began to gain momentum, and the concept of globalgovernance grounded in coordination and cooperation was widely endorsed.
In recenttimes, however, unilateralism, protectionism, and hegemonism have been spreadingunchecked, while deficits in peace, development, security, and trust continue toexpand. Reforming and improving global governance to resolve these challenges andletting the UN play a core role have thus become a critical topic for the future ofhumanity.
China has always been an active participant in, contributor to, and builder ofglobal governance. In the new era, President Xi Jinping put forward the vision ofbuilding a community with a shared future for humanity. In promoting a globalgovernance system characterized by extensive consultation and joint contribution forshared benefit, he has called for true multilateralism to foster an equal and orderlymultipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.
In2025, at a pivotal historical juncture marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in theGlobal War Against Fascism and the founding of the UN, President Xi Jinping proposed anew initiative, the Global Governance Initiative (GGI). The GGI is designed to offer a Chinese solution to the two pressing questions ofthe era: what kind of global governance system should be established, and how globalgovernance can be reformed and improved. Upon its introduction, it swiftly gainedsupport from nearly 160 countries and international organizations, with over 60countries joining the Group of Friends of Global Governance. The internationalcommunity believes that the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) sends a clear signal: uphold multilateralism, uniteforces, and pursue a fair future. The GGI aligns with the growing trend towardsgreater democracy in international relations and bolsters international confidence inpracticing multilateralism. It offers a clear and feasible roadmap for improving globalgovernance, bringing valuable stability and positive energy to a turbulent world. China has proposed the GGI to expedite the building of a more just and equitableglobal governance system. Resolutely upholding the UN’s authority and status isfundamental to the effective implementation of this initiative. Success will also hingeon major countries bearing a sense of responsibility, and on all nations uniting andcooperating to address deficits in peace and development. All countries should firmlyuphold the international system with the UN at its core, safeguard the internationalorder based on international law, and uphold the basic norms governing internationalrelations underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, instead ofreinventing the wheel.
Our world has entered an era marked by profound change on a scale unseen in acentury. The pursuit of peace and development remains a daunting challenge. Theinternational system established after World War II has been severely disrupted bymultiple crises, placing global governance at a critical crossroads. Progress isimperative; failure to advance risks falling behind. Now, more than ever, the worldneeds to revitalize multilateralism, uphold the rule of law, and ensure more efficientgovernance.
Currently, the international landscape is undergoing profound changes on anunprecedented scale, with turmoil and upheaval more intense and pronounced. Political and economic disputes worldwide are escalating, revealing deep-seatedconflicts, while “black swan” and “grey rhino” events keep emerging continually. Theship of human civilization has entered dangerous waters with hidden reefs and violentstorms. Geopolitical tensions are intensifying, with armed conflicts erupting inmultiple regions. The Ukraine crisis has entered its fifth year, hostilities in theMiddle East are spilling over and spreading, and multiple hotspot issues remainunresolved. The Global Peace Index continues to decline: in 2025, the number ofarmed conflicts reached a new high after World War II, with more than 50 countriesdirectly embroiled in conflict or war. Global military spending has surged, militarismhas resurfaced, and nuclear proliferation and “nuclear sharing” continue to pose agrave threat, leaving international security in a precarious state. Global economic fragmentation is exacerbating, significantly hinderingdevelopment. Economic globalization is facing strong headwinds, as some countrieserect fences and barriers, pursue decoupling, sever industrial supply chains, andimpose unilateral tariffs, disrupting the global economic order. Overall progress in theimplementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has lagged farbehind, with nearly 80 percent of assessable targets progressing slowly or evenregressing. More than 830 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty
while 2.3 billion suffer from food insecurity, and the North-South divide and wealthgap continue to widen. New challenges are arising in quick succession, with multiple crisesintertwining and accumulating. The transition to a climate-resilient future is fraughtwith difficulties, the digital divide is deepening, and the misuse of artificialintelligence poses new security risks. Challenges to food and energy security are alsointensifying, and non-traditional security threats such as terrorism, cyberattacks, transnational crime, and biosecurity risks are on the rise.
The issues that humansociety must collectively address are becoming increasingly complex and diverse. The universe has only one Earth, which is the shared home of all humanity. Countries are not riding separately in some 190 small boats, but aboard a single giantship of shared future. Only by working together and supporting one another can wenavigate through the storms of global challenges and sail towards a brighter future.
Built upon the ruins of the two world wars, the UN serves as a shelter for peaceand development, and its Charter laid the institutional cornerstone for globalgovernance. History can only move forward, not backward; we must draw lessonsfrom the bloodshed and fires of war of the past and prevent a return to the law of thejungle at all costs. Unilateralism and hegemonism cause only grave harm, openly tramplingupon international law and the basic norms governing international relations. Bybullying the small and weak and brazenly wielding force against sovereign states, certain countries have shown they prioritize their national interests above all else, applying double standards and challenging international justice for their own selfishgain. These nations gang up to form exclusive groups and blocs, inciting division andconfrontation and carving spheres of influence today – in the 21st century – as theydid in centuries gone by. By so doing they have become the major source of globalturbulence.
De-globalization and protectionism are on the rise, while economic and tradeissues are being politicized, instrumentalized, and weaponized. Some countrieshave instigated trade wars and tech wars, imposed unilateral sanctions illegally, andabused long-arm jurisdiction. (Continued)
