The Guardian view on the future of the UN: more embattled, but more necessary, than ever | Editorial
As the secretary general, António Guterres, prepares to step down, the general assembly is highlighting the scale of the organisation’s challenges The United Nations was created, its charter states , to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. Donald Trump used his address to the general assembly to threaten Iran , another member state, with annihilation again. The charter also speaks of the obligations of international law. On Venezuela, Mr Trump gloated that “to the victor …

