Resolution on the defense of international law and democratic multilateralism.

1. The current international context is marked by increasing fragmentation of the global order, the rise of
2. authoritarianism, the proliferation of armed conflicts, and the weakening of multilateral institutions, along
3. with a systematic questioning of international law as the regulatory framework for relations between States.
4. The violation of this framework, as well as of the principles of state sovereignty and territorial integrity,
5. constitutes a direct threat to democracy, international peace, and security.
6. The resurgence of unilateralism, bloc politics, and exclusionary nationalism undermines international
7. cooperation, deepens structural inequalities, and disproportionately affects the peoples of the Global South,
8. weakening collective efforts to address common challenges. Therefore, in the face of uncertainty generated
9. by interventionist scenarios more typical of the 19th century than the 21st, the response of governments
10. must be to strengthen their commitment to multilateralism, defend the rules-based international order, and
11. reaffirm the values and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
12. The multilateral system currently faces significant deficits in representativeness, effectiveness, and
13. legitimacy, making its reform and strengthening urgent in order to respond to the challenges of the 21st
14. century. In this context, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals represent a collective
15. commitment and a new global social contract that places people, human rights, and the planet at the
16. center of international action.
17. Global challenges—such as climate change, migration crises, pandemics, structural inequality, and
18. technological transformation—cannot be addressed through isolated or nationalist approaches, but
19. require multilateral, supportive, and coordinated responses. In this regard, international law continues to be
20. an essential tool for the peaceful resolution of conflicts, the protection of human rights, and the containment
21. of arbitrary or authoritarian practices in the international system.

For all these reasons, from IUSY we reaffirm:

22. Our firm and unequivocal commitment to the defense of international law, democratic
23. multilateralism, and a rules-based international order as indispensable pillars for peace,
24. democracy, and human dignity.
25. The urgent need for a profound reform of multilateral institutions to ensure greater equity,
26. transparency, representativeness, and effective participation of the Global South, strengthening
27. their real capacity to respond to global crises.
28. A sensible internationalism as a response to the advance of bloc politics and spheres of influence
29. that fragment international cooperation and turn interdependence into competition. We call for
30. priorities based on more internationalism, more and better multilateralism, and more democracy.
31. Our rejection of all forms of unilateralism, interventionism, and power politics that violate the
32. sovereignty of States and the fundamental principles of international law.
33. The promotion of an international policy based on cooperation, solidarity, social justice, and
34. environmental sustainability, as a progressive alternative to the logic of confrontation,
35. competition, and exclusion.
36. The promotion, from socialist youth movements, of an internationalist agenda that strengthens
37. democracy, human rights, and peace, linking local struggles with global and collective responses.
38. The call to progressive youth movements, social organizations, and democratic forces to actively
39. defend multilateralism and international law as global public goods at the service of peoples.