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IN 2015, the world marked the 70th anniversaries of two key events of the 20th century. One of them was the end of the Great Patriotic War and World War II. The other was the establishment of the United Nations, an organization entrusted with the mission of consolidating peace that had cost so much to achieve. The United Nations' number one objective as stated in its Charter, which came into force on October 24, 1945, is "to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace..."1 Seven decades later, the organization's ability to follow this commandment by adapting to new threats and challenges is increasingly called into question.
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