The president of South Africa, Ramaphosa, drew attention to the ongoing wars, conflicts, and climate crises, pointing out that the Security Council’s framework ignores a range of opinions.
Declaring before the General Assembly that the Security Council is “clearly no longer fit” to handle modern issues, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged for UN reform.
“It is unjust, unfair, and unsustainable to place the fate of global security in the hands of a select few when the vast majority bears the brunt of these threats,” stated Ramaphosa on Sunday at the UN Summit of the Future in New York.
He emphasized that although there are wars and conflicts going on, the Security Council’s framework “does not represent all countries” and does not take into account different points of view.
Adopted by the General Assembly, the Pact for the Future offers an opportunity to “reinvigorate the multilateral system” and fulfill commitments to overhaul global governance, encompassing the Security Council and international financial institutions, according to Ramaphosa.
Additionally, he advocated support for program 2063, Africa’s developmental program.
The agreement “must involve strengthening multilateral action for sustained peace,” he emphasized.
“Our government has brought Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for genocide over Tel Aviv’s indiscriminate offensive on the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza since October 7 of last year,” stated Ramaphosa. “We must pursue the attainment of just and sustainable peace based on international law,” Ramaphosa stated.
Therefore, we need to create a worldwide consensus on the causes of these difficulties through this Summit of the Future.
We need to come to an agreement on how to address and defeat the threats that affect us all.
