“The multilateral system, with the UN at its core, needs to be under constant review, with a look at maintaining its relevance and effectiveness over time,” said Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser for External Relations at the International Peace Institute (IPI). Mr. Hoge spoke about the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) to an audience from the Women’s International Forum at the United Nations, discussing the aim of the ICM and the methods that the commission is undertaking to study the multilateral system.