UN must undergo major changes: Albright
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and a number of other veteran diplomats have called for major changes to the United Nations ahead of the world body's 70th anniversary.
In a 130-page report released on Tuesday by the Commission on Global Security, Justice, & Governance initiative, Albright and a number of other veteran diplomats demanded the expansion of the Security Council, restriction on veto use, formation of new forums to address climate change, enhancement of cybersecurity, pursuance of new development goals and promotion of peace-building.
Six other ex-foreign ministers from Japan, Tanzania, Brazil, India, Canada and the Netherlands are among the members of the panel that penned the report.
Along with Albright, the commission is co-chaired by Ibrahim Gambari, a scholar and former foreign minister of Nigeria and ex-political affairs chief at the UN.
“We want to really build a global constituency in favor of change,” Gambari told AFP in an interview, adding that it was time to address a “crisis in global governance” by making the United Nations better able to confront new threats.
Since its creation after the World War II, the UN has remained, for the most part, unchanged and resentment has been growing over different aspects of its structure, particularly two contentious issues, the limited number of Security Council member states and the “unfair” exercise of veto on any council decision by Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.
“The veto was not made to be used to the extent it is now being used to delay action by the council on some of the most horrendous humanitarian situations,” Gambari further stated.
The commission, which tries to “focus on the interplay of security and justice as critical to understanding and addressing common global threats”, aims to lay the foundation for changes over the next five years, with decisions to be taken at a World Conference on Global Institutions in 2020, when the United Nations turns 75.
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