Hi,
If you are reading this, there are three main scenarios:
- You haven’t yet read the petition, and have come here first by following a link.
- You have just read the petition, but you haven’t yet signed.
- You have signed the petition, and are interested in reading this update.
If your scenario is closest to 1), would you mind reading the petition? Bye for now!
If your scenario is closest to 2), thank you for reading the petition! I hope you find this update useful.
If your scenario is closest to 3), thank you very much for signing!
As of 24th July 2026, 13,401 people have now signed in the various languages of the petition, and we are chasing the monumental stepping stone of 100,000 signatures.
If you have the time and the opportunity, would you help us advance towards that stepping stone?
Three objections you may face if you try to persuade others to read and sign the petition:
1. It is not possible to reform the UN via a change.org petition.
– You can argue that it is possible if enough people sign to make the petition a high-profile one at national and international levels, which would:
• generate significant awareness of it;
• demonstrate a certain level of popular support for it and its proposed seven-point reform solution;
• likely lead to debates at national and international level, for example in congresses, parliaments and the UN General Assembly, which in turn could lead to a UN comprehensive reform summit along the lines of that proposed by the petition being scheduled.
2. The proposed reforms would be vetoed.
– You can argue that this applies only if the reforms were to be carried out by slavishly following the UN Charter’s absurd (veto) rules, resulting in a catch-22 situation. As we don’t propose to reform in that nonsensical way (and do refer them to the petition’s asterisk note that starts with *Ideally by the UN), the reforms proposed by the petition could not be vetoed.
3. The five permanent members would leave without their veto rights, and the reformed body would be ineffective like the League of Nations.
– You can argue that the world is bigger than those five permanent members, and some of those could be persuaded to stay in any case as the UN’s status quo is malfunctioning terribly for the whole world, including the five permanent members.
If you do decide to help us advance towards that monumental stepping stone, by signing if you haven’t already, sharing with people who you believe will be supportive, or in whichever way you choose, a massive thank you!
Bye for now. Take care!
Paul