What kind of UN and future UN Secretary-General do we need for people and planet to truly thrive?

Posted by: Silke v. Brockhausen Published on:November 14, 2025

Six months ago, the ๐—ฅ๐—˜:๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ was born with this simple invitation: Letโ€™s rethink what the UN can become when it remembers that humans are nature โ€” and that every decision must help life flourish. Today, Iโ€™m deeply grateful to share the fruits of this co-creative journey:
โœจ ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†-๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” written to inspire all candidates as the election campaign unfolds. But this is only the beginning.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น.๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, where everyone can vote, add their own ideas, and see in real time where humanity converges โ€” and where our perspectives differ. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† - ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

Find the ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น and the full ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ your ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

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๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ t๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ Next UN ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—˜:๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Alexandra Pimor ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒ, Andreas Ellenberger, Clarissa Magalhaes BA, Denise Pang, Eduard Mรผller, Elyes Mkacher, Eric Martin, Felix Braun, Guillermo Rodriguez-Navas, Hellen Hettinga, Joachim Stroh, Jon Alexander, Jyoti Ma, Konkankoh Joshua, Laurel Patterson, Liliana Uruburo, Louise Raaschou, Lucรญa Hernรกndez, Manda Scott, mansi jasuja โœจ, Maria Emanuela Galanti, Nadim Hamdan, Nora Bateson, Rukmini Iyer, Tulika Verma โ€” and many more contributors walking this path.

๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ. Please vote, share widely, and invite your networks into this global conversation!  

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