Chile: Experts to debate UN crisis and how to overcome it

Santiago, Chile, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Outstanding jurists, political scientists, scholars, and international analysts will debate on the United Nations crisis and proposed reforms to the system at a seminar at the University of Santiago, Chile (USACH). The event, which will take place at the USACH's Hall of Honor, is organized by the Association of Jurists for Democracy (AJD) and the Chilean Commission for Human Rights (CCHDH).

August 26, 2026
09:22

Founded after World War II, the United Nations urgently needs reform due to its inability to prevent global conflicts and guarantee peace, experts warned.

The seminar will be opened by Carlos Margotta, president of the AJD and director of international relations at the human rights commission.

Margotta said the crisis of effectiveness at the United Nations affects all of humanity, and its persistence seriously jeopardizes preserving international peace and security.

Among the prominent figures attending the debate are Joan Garces, international jurist and winner of the Right Livelihood Award (Sweden, 1999); Atilio Boron, Argentine sociologist and political scientist; Claudio Nash, coordinator of the Human Rights Chair at the University of Chile, and Fernando Estenssoro, an academician from USACH.

Also participating will be Breno Altman, founder of Opera Mundi (Brazil); Monica Bruckmann, an academician from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Claudia Rocca, president of the American Association of Jurists (Argentina); and Anjuli Tostes, a lawyer and vice president of the AJD.

There will also be a panel of diplomatic representatives, where the embassies of Mexico, Russia, Palestine, South Africa, China, and Cuba will participate.

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