UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder has said that while the global body is indispensable, it does need improvement, Al Jazeera’s Virginia Pietromarchi reports from the Doha Forum.

“There seems to be a widespread consensus that we need multilateralism that is able to handle global crises, and the UN is the only place to do that,” the senior UN official said while acknowledging that the world body needed to strengthen its tools to do so.

His remarks come amid questions over the effectiveness of the UN and the Security Council, which has failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after two months of conflict.

“If it wasn’t for the UN’s presence, such as in Gaza, the world would fall much further short. We are playing a political leadership role.”