The United Nations wants to "move," the latest move decided, Guterres officially clarified, shocked the international?
New York headquarters has long faced the challenge of geo-location constraints since its establishment in 1945, and now 60 percent of the world’s sustainable development projects are in the Asia-Pacific region, but New York has a 12-hour gap from that, and it has to get up at midnight, inefficient to out-of-the-clock.
More concerned is that the United States, as a host country, owes the United Nations more than $3 billion in membership fees, accounting for more than 70% of the total, and still holding visas as weapons, such as the colombian president in 2025 because of saying that the U.S. Israeli policy is bad, directly revoked by the United States visa, which is the host country, is simply a "political toolman".
Earlier this year, China mentioned the "Global Development Initiative" at the United Nations General Assembly, suggesting to move the agency to Asia, and 127 countries supported it, which prompted the move.
Secretary-General Guterres said that this is not another place to live, it is a major escalation of the concept of governance, and the Shanghai Center is responsible for three major matters, monitoring and evaluation of global sustainable development goals, technology and research and development transformation, and coordination of transnational cooperation.
It is expected that after operation in 2027, the project budget in the Asia-Pacific region will increase to 55%. In the future, the technology produced in the laboratory will directly become a solution that can be used by developing countries. The business community is already excited. Siemens will connect intelligent manufacturing projects with Shanghai, and Tesla also wants to build a "zero-carbon factory" as a demonstration.
What’s more, Shanghai could become a “rule-making center” in these new areas of renewable energy technology standards and digital inclusion, directly bringing the global sustainable development think tank to a large cluster.
As soon as the international community reacted, India's foreign ministers said it was "an important step towards a fairer international governance", and the rotating chairmanship of the African Union Senegal felt that Shanghai's geographical location could bring more attention to African projects.
The Russian Foreign Minister suddenly supported India and Pakistan's "accession" to the regular membership, and wanted to gain support through the issue of Security Council expansion. However, China used "decentralization" strategies, such as promoting the Center for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nairobi and the Commission on Sustainable Development in Rio, to avoid head-on and symbolic hegemony with the United States.
Although the United States is under great pressure, the United Nations Headquarters Agreement amendment requires five consensus, its veto right is still a hard bone.
The move is not so simple, the cost of over 100 billion, the new location infrastructure to reach the goal, the Security Council veto right a bunch of risks, the more realistic plan is "functional decentralization", the United Nations in Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi have branches, Japan, Brazil also apply to take over the functions, China through the establishment of the Shanghai center, both showed stability and responsibility, but also practiced the "community of human destiny" concept, avoiding the "group of opposition".
The essence of the moving of the United Nations is the epitome of the reconstruction of the international order. The United States has always regarded the United Nations as a tool to maintain hegemony, and developing countries have finally won more say this time.
As the second largest contributor, China has not only increased its participation through the practice of Shanghai Center, but also promoted the innovation of governance model, from "center-edge" to "multi-point collaboration" and from "symbolic hegemony" to "actual efficiency".
In the future, global governance will be more open, functions will be decentralized to reduce single-point dependence, rules will be discussed to enhance inclusiveness, and technical cooperation will promote sustainable development. Although this relocation has many challenges, it has provided important opportunities for a multi-polar world order and deserves the continuous attention and support of the whole world.
The "moving" of the United Nations is not a change of address, but a great innovation of governance concept. It tells us that real international governance should not be kidnapped by the hegemony of a single country, but should serve the common future of all mankind.
New York headquarters has long faced the challenge of geo-location constraints since its establishment in 1945, and now 60 percent of the world’s sustainable development projects are in the Asia-Pacific region, but New York has a 12-hour gap from that, and it has to get up at midnight, inefficient to out-of-the-clock.
More concerned is that the United States, as a host country, owes the United Nations more than $3 billion in membership fees, accounting for more than 70% of the total, and still holding visas as weapons, such as the colombian president in 2025 because of saying that the U.S. Israeli policy is bad, directly revoked by the United States visa, which is the host country, is simply a "political toolman".
Earlier this year, China mentioned the "Global Development Initiative" at the United Nations General Assembly, suggesting to move the agency to Asia, and 127 countries supported it, which prompted the move.
Secretary-General Guterres said that this is not another place to live, it is a major escalation of the concept of governance, and the Shanghai Center is responsible for three major matters, monitoring and evaluation of global sustainable development goals, technology and research and development transformation, and coordination of transnational cooperation.
It is expected that after operation in 2027, the project budget in the Asia-Pacific region will increase to 55%. In the future, the technology produced in the laboratory will directly become a solution that can be used by developing countries. The business community is already excited. Siemens will connect intelligent manufacturing projects with Shanghai, and Tesla also wants to build a "zero-carbon factory" as a demonstration.
What’s more, Shanghai could become a “rule-making center” in these new areas of renewable energy technology standards and digital inclusion, directly bringing the global sustainable development think tank to a large cluster.
As soon as the international community reacted, India's foreign ministers said it was "an important step towards a fairer international governance", and the rotating chairmanship of the African Union Senegal felt that Shanghai's geographical location could bring more attention to African projects.
The Russian Foreign Minister suddenly supported India and Pakistan's "accession" to the regular membership, and wanted to gain support through the issue of Security Council expansion. However, China used "decentralization" strategies, such as promoting the Center for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nairobi and the Commission on Sustainable Development in Rio, to avoid head-on and symbolic hegemony with the United States.
Although the United States is under great pressure, the United Nations Headquarters Agreement amendment requires five consensus, its veto right is still a hard bone.
The move is not so simple, the cost of over 100 billion, the new location infrastructure to reach the goal, the Security Council veto right a bunch of risks, the more realistic plan is "functional decentralization", the United Nations in Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi have branches, Japan, Brazil also apply to take over the functions, China through the establishment of the Shanghai center, both showed stability and responsibility, but also practiced the "community of human destiny" concept, avoiding the "group of opposition".
The essence of the moving of the United Nations is the epitome of the reconstruction of the international order. The United States has always regarded the United Nations as a tool to maintain hegemony, and developing countries have finally won more say this time.
As the second largest contributor, China has not only increased its participation through the practice of Shanghai Center, but also promoted the innovation of governance model, from "center-edge" to "multi-point collaboration" and from "symbolic hegemony" to "actual efficiency".
In the future, global governance will be more open, functions will be decentralized to reduce single-point dependence, rules will be discussed to enhance inclusiveness, and technical cooperation will promote sustainable development. Although this relocation has many challenges, it has provided important opportunities for a multi-polar world order and deserves the continuous attention and support of the whole world.
The "moving" of the United Nations is not a change of address, but a great innovation of governance concept. It tells us that real international governance should not be kidnapped by the hegemony of a single country, but should serve the common future of all mankind.