New Secretary-General Needs to Reform UN, an Organization in Crisis, Experts Say
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Category: GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & ALLIANCES
Summary:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ second term will end later this year, with a new appointment expected in June. Despite calls for the U.N.'s first female secretary-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is currently the only candidate. Experts say the incoming secretary-general will need strong diplomatic skills to encourage U.S. President Donald Trump to re-engage with the U.N., following Trump's creation of the Gaza Board of Peace and suggestions it could replace the organization. Some experts believe the U.N. requires an outsider to lead necessary reforms.
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Scripture: Psalm 2:2-3 (NASB 1977)
"The kings of the earth take their stand,
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
"Let us tear their fetters apart,
And cast away their cords from us!""
Commentary:
As the U.N. faces a leadership change and talk of replacement bodies, Psalm 2 captures how rulers “take counsel together” when they want control without accountability. Bureaucracies don’t reform easily. People working inside them feel the tension first. The push for an “outsider” and pressure for major powers to re-engage reflects a familiar prophetic pattern: nations clustering into new alignments while resisting God’s boundaries. With Gaza and Jerusalem in view, this turmoil is happening on land God gave to Israel, giving these events a prophetic weight Scripture treats as unique.
Prophetic Trend:
Global institutions are being challenged and reshaped as nations test alternative alliances, and pressure points around Israel’s covenant land intensify diplomatic maneuvering.
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Source Excerpt:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ second five-year term will run out later this year, and a replacement will be chosen in June. Despite a campaign for the U.N. to get its first female secretary-general, it appears as if the favored—and only candidate so far—is Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Experts say the 10th secretary general will have to show supreme levels of diplomacy to encourage U.S. President Donald Trump to re-engage with the U.N., after he set up the Gaza Board of Peace and suggested it could replace the 80-year-old organization.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 02-01-2026 09:33