As the world convulses in war and contentiousness, its leaders convene at the UN to figure it out

The United Nations itself, which emerged from World War II's rubble on the premise that nations would work together to tackle political, social and financial issues, is in crisis itself. It will be front and center on Monday at a high-level meeting co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia on implementing a two-state solution to the nearly eight-decade Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lots of thorny issues are on the docketThe high-level meeting starts Tuesday morning in the vast General Assembly chamber. The United Nations says that goal is growing more distant and Guterres has said it is 300 years away on the current track. Gowan said he doesn't see the United States or other countries running away from the United Nations.