How can the UN and organizations that support it stay relevant?
One of the points that Hans and I have emphasized has been engaging young people in the work of the UN, particularly around the issues of disarmament. For me, one of the great highlights at my time with the World Federation has been the very real evidence of young people around the world showing tremendous interest in the United Nations through Model UN programs and other opportunities for engagement. We do see this generation coming of age as a digital generation. It is the first time in human history that people have the networking capabilities to connect with one another globally on all sorts of levels and issues. Our challenge has been to help them see the value of connecting to the United Nations. This, it seems to me, is happening more and more with interesting and varying results. One result is an initiative that we are bringing to the UN to encourage them to use open-source competitions for decision-making. We are doing this in partnership with the organization Ashoka, and it h
