The inspiring piece Survival or Renewal? (September 2025) makes a bold case: the UN cannot limit itself to technical or cosmetic reforms, as those only prolong inertia. To survive in a world of overlapping crises, it needs nothing less than a cultural and political metamorphosis. The metaphor is vivid: like a caterpillar that dissolves before becoming a butterfly, the system must allow new “imaginal cells” to emerge—building a different model rather than yet another patch on the bureaucracy.
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Without a radical shift of model—anchored in collaboration, distributed power, shared purpose, and internal renewal—the system risks remaining trapped in “bureaucratic survival” and losing its relevance.
The paper highlights four bold shifts: