Watch full interview https://youtu.be/dcehq_suSS8<br />The UN was created in the wake of World War II as a system to promote peace and avoid war. But with conflicts proliferating and the UN Security Council frequently deadlocked by the veto system, its legitimacy and usefulness have been brought into question. Can the UN evolve to meet modern security challenges, and does it have the capacity to ensure the respect of international law? Oksana is joined by Jan Eliasson, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, to analyse these issues. <br /><br />Write to Worlds Apart! worldsapart [at] rttv.ru <br />Follow Worlds Apart on Twitter http://twitter.com/WorldsApart_RT<br />Like Worlds Apart on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WorldsApart.RT<br />+1 Worlds Apart on Google+ https://www.google.com/+WorldsApartRT<br />Listen to us on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/rttv/sets/worl...<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.