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Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:24
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Kuwait''s FM calls for more UNSC reforms
By Mahdi Nimr ROME, May 16 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah stressed here on Monday the need for further reform of the UN Security Council to reflect new global realities with an end to the use of veto power and observance of small States, which represent more than half of the international community.
Addressing the meeting of the Group of "Uniting for Consensus", Sheikh Mohammad said that despite the passage of about 18 years of discussions aimed to expand the membership of the Security Council and improve its working methods' resulting in many initiatives, the international community was unable to achieve any significant progress, despite the great efforts made.
He pointed out that the differences which are still ongoing among the international actors have deepened the gap, which he said is not easy to fill without the political will and without providing tangible concessions by all parties to bri ng positions closer in order to reach compromises to achieve the desired objectives of the reform of the UN Security Council.
He summarized these objectives in four key points so that the Council be more representative of the Member States of the United Nations and reflects the international reality which has changed a lot since the establishment of the Organization and enhances the Council's ability to perform its core functions in the maintenance of international peace and security in addition to enhancing its effectiveness and efficiency in decision-making and quick response to face the dangers that threaten security and global stability and transparency.
He said it is unfortunate that everyone agrees that the Security Council reform became an urgent necessity that can not be postponed due to the large increase in the number of Member States of the United Nations and the major changes in the balance of power, while each party continues to stick to its position for the past 18 years without taking significant steps forward.
Based on this, Sheikh Mohammed called upon in his speech, for "starting real and serious negotiations" with a little distance from the positions that are driven by narrow national interests and the attempt to impose solutions that do not enjoy consensus, or at least accepted by the vast majority of Member States.
He said that the State of Kuwait has announced on several occasions its frank positions of the process of reform of the Security Council with the positions that contributed to the development of regional groups to which we belong such as the Arab and Islamic Groups and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
He noted that Kuwait underlined several times the need and importance of taking the concerns of small states into consideration as they have not had the opportunity to the membership of the Council and contribute to its work even though they constitute more than half the number of Member States of the United Nations.
In this context, he stressed that to reach consensus on the number of seats to be increased and the categories of membership and the question of the veto remains a crucial problem and the real challenge for all countries.
Addressing the meeting of the Group of "Uniting for Consensus", Sheikh Mohammad said that despite the passage of about 18 years of discussions aimed to expand the membership of the Security Council and improve its working methods' resulting in many initiatives, the international community was unable to achieve any significant progress, despite the great efforts made.
He pointed out that the differences which are still ongoing among the international actors have deepened the gap, which he said is not easy to fill without the political will and without providing tangible concessions by all parties to bri ng positions closer in order to reach compromises to achieve the desired objectives of the reform of the UN Security Council.
He summarized these objectives in four key points so that the Council be more representative of the Member States of the United Nations and reflects the international reality which has changed a lot since the establishment of the Organization and enhances the Council's ability to perform its core functions in the maintenance of international peace and security in addition to enhancing its effectiveness and efficiency in decision-making and quick response to face the dangers that threaten security and global stability and transparency.
He said it is unfortunate that everyone agrees that the Security Council reform became an urgent necessity that can not be postponed due to the large increase in the number of Member States of the United Nations and the major changes in the balance of power, while each party continues to stick to its position for the past 18 years without taking significant steps forward.
Based on this, Sheikh Mohammed called upon in his speech, for "starting real and serious negotiations" with a little distance from the positions that are driven by narrow national interests and the attempt to impose solutions that do not enjoy consensus, or at least accepted by the vast majority of Member States.
He said that the State of Kuwait has announced on several occasions its frank positions of the process of reform of the Security Council with the positions that contributed to the development of regional groups to which we belong such as the Arab and Islamic Groups and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
He noted that Kuwait underlined several times the need and importance of taking the concerns of small states into consideration as they have not had the opportunity to the membership of the Council and contribute to its work even though they constitute more than half the number of Member States of the United Nations.
In this context, he stressed that to reach consensus on the number of seats to be increased and the categories of membership and the question of the veto remains a crucial problem and the real challenge for all countries.
