The Guardian view on the future of the UN: more embattled, but more necessary, than ever | Editorial

<p>As the secretary general, António Guterres, prepares to step down, the general assembly is highlighting the scale of the organisation’s challenges</p><p>The United Nations was created, <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text">its charter states</a&g