Gunter Pleuger was Germany's former ambassador to the UN and is member to the presidium of the United Nations Association of Germany. He says: "In an increasingly interdependent world, we NEED the UN to find global solutions, as it's the only organisation that can determine international law."

  

 

Christoph v. Marschall is a diplomatic correspondent at the Berliner Tagesspiegel. He says: “Being nice is not enough. Germany must show that it can apply pressure to achieve its goals.”

  

 

Andrea Shalal works for Thomson Reuters on security issues. And she says: “The United Nations has long-standing institutional problems that have been magnified by Donald Trump and his 'America First' policies, but it will s