A topical task of multilateral diplomacy

It is regrettable that the world press is nearly silent today about globalization and the new international ecxonomic order,themes of great interest in the past decades.

Fortunately, the UN Secretariat does not follow this practice.The most recent example is offered by the report entitled Towards a New International Economic Order: advancing the implementation of international agreements to be considered by the UN General Assembly during its eighty-first session in 2026 under agenda item Globalization and interdependence.

There is a list of a 140 items on the provisional agenda of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assemblwhich opened in New York on September 8 2026, but this list is not necessarily the final one.

Under the UN General Assembly's Rules of Procedure supplementary items can be proposed during the session and added through the appropriate agenda process.

Therefore, the final agenda of the 81st session could contain more (or potentially fewer, if items are amended or deleted) than the original 140 provisional items. The UN also publishes a supplementary-items list specifically for the 81st session.

This short chronique is meant to familiarize readers with the main content of this significat document of 25 paragraphs to be considered under the item Globalization and interdependence..

For its obvious topicality we reproduce in toto the first paragraph:" The global economy is undergoing a profound transformation. Technological advances, demographic transitions and climate-related imperatives are reshaping patterns of production, consumption, trade and investment, with far-reaching implications for sustainable development. Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have the potential to boost productivity and transform economic activity and labour markets. Simultaneously, demographic changes, including population ageing in some regions, rapid labour-force growth in others and evolving migration dynamics, are altering the distribution of economic opportunities and development prospects. Meanwhile, the transition to low-emission and climate-resilient economies is accelerating changes in energy systems, industrial processes and food production, creating both new opportunities and significant adjustment challenges."

The report affirms realistically that the central issue is not the absence of international commitments. In this contexst, there is a useful expres reminder of the principles contained in the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order (General Assembly resolution 3201 (S-VI) and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order (Assembly resolution 3203 (S-VI) which remain relevant in the present , including the sovereign equality of States, equitable participation in the solution of international economic problems, international cooperation for development and the need to address prevailing disparities in the global economy.

In today's more complex and interdependent world, these principles point not to a return to past policy debates, but to a practical agenda for making global economic governance more representative, development-oriented and capable of supporting sustainable development.

During a period when the United Nations as a global institution is expected to play a more important role in the multilateral proceess of globalization and interdependence, this expectation requires more comprehensive follow-up across financing, trade, debt, technology, climate action, social development and statistical measurement, so that related policy discussions do not proceed in isolation from one another.

We join the conclusion of the report according to which a renewed discussion on a new international economic order should focus on translating commitments into actions. A fairer, more inclusive international economic order will not be achieved through declarations alone. It will require sustained political will, adequate resources, institutional reforms and practical cooperation.

The United Nations should continue to serve as a universal diplomatic platform for building consensus, aligning action and ensuring that the needs and priorities of developing countries are placed at the centre of global economic governance.

If the 81st session of the UN General Assembly manages to make progress in this direction, that would be equal to a valuable diplomatic contribution to the revival of an authentic multilateralism.