UN General Assembly president Volkan Bozkir criticizes the Security Council, saying it is failing to respond to world’s biggest challenges due to “competing interests.”
“The council has, on many occasions, failed to carry out its responsibility to maintain international peace and security,” Bozkir, a Turkish diplomat, says at a debate on reforming the body.
File: United Nations General Assembly President-elect Volkan Bozkir in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 10, 2020 (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
“Competing interests among its members and frequent use of the veto have limited the Security Council’s effectiveness. Even in some of the most urgent humanitarian crises, the council could not provide a timely and adequate response.”
There has been growing criticism of the body, which has not been reformed in decades, with France’s President Emmanuel Macron saying in a recent interview with Le Grand Continent that it “no longer produces useful solutions.”
Bozkir says reform of the Security Council is “an unavoidable imperative — both challenging and essential.”
— AFP
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