multilateralism

"I expect that we are going to have to be much more ruthlessly self-interested and that's not comfortable because our foreign policy has generally been based around cooperation, collaboration and multilateralism – so that shared sense of threat that middle powers have of working together to maximise their output."

He described Unrwa as a "shining example of multilateralism at the UN" and called for a place where Palestinian families could be "reunited in life rather than death".

Still, Menon was stunned to see the role reversal between China and the U.S., especially as Xi stressed the importance of openness and rules-based order and multilateralism.

A separate piece called for the European Union to work with it to "uphold free trade and multilateralism".

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa told the meeting that a commitment to multilateralism and international law is vital to solving global crises.