
Middle powers can’t be bystanders as the UN falters
Finland and Australia are seeking Security Council seats with a message: The rules-based order needs countries willing to fight for it.

Finland and Australia are seeking Security Council seats with a message: The rules-based order needs countries willing to fight for it.

President Erdoğan, in an op-ed for Bloomberg, urged rotating seats on the UN Security Council, called for joint defence production and said a $100bn trade goal with the US is within reach.

The day began with Donald Trump threatening to annihilate Iran but ended with a three-hour meeting between US and Iranian mediators, which Trump described as “very good.” Trump also held high-level talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with both sides saying they wanted the war in Ukraine to end before winter. Today, Zelensky and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among those addressing the UN General Assembly, as world leaders seek ways to end the two conflicts dominating global politics. The assembly also marks UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ final one, with him warning of a deterioration in multilateral cooperation. Carys Garland reports.
Guterres' call for global AI regulation and Security Council reform highlights urgent needs for equitable governance and conflict resolution.

Contracts are on testnet and await final Security Council signatures, with later base-fee burns set to become community-callable each quarter, Sandeep Nailwal said.

Guterres calls for urgent Security Council reform, says geopolitical divides hindering action on global crises.

The Security Council referral heightens diplomatic tensions, potentially impacting global nuclear non-proliferation efforts and regional stability.

Iran's internal political divisions may hinder progress in U.S. negotiations, impacting regional stability and market confidence.
The executable draft adds Security Council oversight of Endowment transactions and narrows the Foundation's initial token grant to 1 million ENS after delegates called the earlier plan a "governance attack."

ENS DAO approved an eight-member Security Council with two-year veto power to stop malicious proposals during the governance timelock period

Christoph Jentzsch, who wrote code for the original 2016 "The DAO" and now runs Tokenize.it, called for ENS DAO to wind down and revoke its own upgrade authority, a day after ENS co-founder Nick Johnson used roughly half of the protocol's active voting power to block a Security Council renewal.

Johnson cited unaddressed concerns with the Security Council while backing an alternative proposal submitted on Tuesday.

Multiple named delegates escalated opposition to the ENS Foundation empowerment temp check Monday, with Security Council member Brantly Millegan threatening a veto and ENS Labs founder Nick Johnson having self-delegated enough tokens to pass the proposal over their objections.