New York: Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan has called for comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council,
including the abolition of the veto power held by its permanent members,
arguing that the international system must better reflect today's global
realities.
Writing in an article for Bloomberg titled
"The Quest for Global Justice in a Changing World," Erdogan said
recent crises - including pandemics, energy shocks, supply-chain disruptions, and
regional conflicts - had demonstrated the limitations of a system in which a
small number of countries retain disproportionate influence. The Security
Council's five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom,
and the United States - each hold veto power over substantive resolutions.
Erdogan argued that reform efforts should
focus on eliminating that privilege rather than expanding permanent membership
and granting veto powers to additional countries. "It is essential to turn
the need for reform into a concrete roadmap. At the center of this roadmap
should be the abolition of the veto privilege," he said. He proposed a
Security Council without permanent members, with countries elected by the UN
General Assembly for fixed and rotating terms, and called for the General
Assembly's powers to be strengthened.
Erdogan has long pushed for UN reforms, often using the slogan "The world is bigger than five." He said new centres of power had emerged in areas ranging from the economy and security to technology and diplomacy, while international institutions had failed to adapt at the same pace. He also addressed economic inequalities, saying expectations that globalisation would broadly distribute prosperity had not been fully realised, and called for developing countries' right to development and access to financing to be secured. "Permanent peace in today's world cannot be achieved by multiplying blocs that are disconnected from one another," he said.
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