Türkiye holds panel in Amsterdam on need for UN Security Council reform

Scholars argue that the council requires reforms in order to ensure international peace and security by the UN.

The Communications Directorate of Türkiye is holding panels countries to emphasise the critical need for a UNSC reform. (AA)

Türkiye's Communications Directorate has organised a panel on the need for UN Security Council reforms in Amsterdam. Moderated by Turkish scholar Giray Sadik, the panel brought together Turkish professor Ozden Zeynep Oktav, European Parliament MP Ryszard Czarnecki and Alberto Turkstra, project manager of Brussels-based think tank Diplomatic World Institute. Friday's panel kicked off with a video message from Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun. Altun said the UN has made significant contributions to peace and stability in various geographies of the world since its establishment. However, he said the UN Security Council needs reforms. The UN has found itself in desperate straits in the face of recent human tragedies and wars, Altun said. READ MORE: Türkiye to hold panels in 12 countries for Security Council reform 'More effective, more functional UN' Türkiye’s demand for reform within the UN structure is an opportunity for the system to revise itself, Oktav told Anadolu Agency after her talk. "Türkiye is not a revisionist country or a country that left the status quo with a demand for reform in the UN system. On the contrary, it makes an important contribution to the continuation of the existing system," she said. She said that the UN remains "passive" over the threats Türkiye is facing, many of them stemming from irregular migration and terrorism. Praising Türkiye's mediation role in Russia's offensive against Ukraine, Oktav said: "The agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grains was signed in Istanbul. In this respect, of course, Türkiye’s role is appreciated by Europe." She criticised the US for being "a hegemon power that prefers prolonged wars" instead of security and stability. Speaking at the panel, Polish politician Czarnecki said the UN was ineffective in solving the problems across the world. "We demand a more effective, more functional UN," said Czarnecki. He said the structure of the UN Security Council was established in 1945 with five permanent members. "The world has changed a lot since then, we are in a completely different situation now, but this important structure still functions as it used to do 80 years ago," he added. He called for a more balanced distribution of power to address international crises and conflicts. For his part, Turkstra underlined the need for the change, saying: "We all know that this radical change in the UN is essential. Looking at the global structure, we need reform to ensure international peace and security by the UN." READ MORE: Academics in London discuss reforms for UN Security Council Source: AA

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Unfair structure of UN Security Council must change

Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun says the world needs a UN that is representative of multiculturalism in order to achieve a more equitable and sustainable global peace.

The UN failed to develop concrete solutions to prevent the great humanitarian disasters, particularly in the post-Cold War period, Altun says. (AA)

The United Nations must be restructured to respond to the challenges in the world because  it is "adding deadlock to global issues rather than solutions" in its current form, Türkiye's Communications Director has said.

"The UN failed to develop concrete solutions to prevent the great humanitarian disasters, particularly in the post-Cold War period, and unfortunately, it could not play an effective role in sustaining peace and security," Fahrettin Altun said on Tuesday.

Sending a video message to address a panel in Paris — The United Nations Security Council Reform: A New Approach to Reconstructing the International Order — Altun said the UN was "desperate" to prevent the human tragedies in the past in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Syria, and Kosovo.

He added that the organisation has recently displayed a similar example of "desperation" during Russia's attacks on Ukraine.

"We are all aware that the United Nations, which was founded to safeguard peace and security, is incapable of meeting the international community's expectations in this regard.

"In the face of the developments in world politics and the change in power balances in the last 30 years, the organisation is no longer able to fulfil its stabilising function," he noted.

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'Unfair and non-transparent' structure

Altun said the UN's inability to play an effective and consistent role in the face of threats to global peace and stability undermines its credibility and prestige in the eyes of the international community.

"We have seen time and again that the United Nations, in its current form, adds deadlock to global issues rather than solutions. We have seen how the processes can be blocked when one of the warring parties or one of the parties to the crisis is a permanent member of the UN."

"United Nations, with this structure, is not on the side of the weak, the victim, or the righteous but rather on the side of its five powerful permanent members. With its current structure, the UN is unable to speak out against the oppressor," he added.

Altun stressed that the "unfair and non-transparent" structure of the Security Council must change, adding that the whole world needs a UN that is representative of multiculturalism to achieve a more equitable and sustainable global peace.

Türkiye's Communications Directorate will hold a panel in 12 countries to emphasise the critical need for a UN Security Council reform.

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Source: AA

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