On Wednesday 20 September, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for a "more energetic and less bureaucratic" United Nations during a speech to the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York.
"We expect the UN to become a more energetic, and a less bureaucratic organisation that can act with clarity and purpose in all its actions. Therefore, the EU considers the reform ideas of the UN currently on the table as the necessary minimum", Tusk stated.
In Tusk's...