President William Ruto has called for significant reforms to the United Nations Security Council during his address at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
President Ruto has criticized the Council for being “dysfunctional, undemocratic, non-inclusive, unaccountable, autocratic, and opaque”.
“The Council is dysfunctional, undemocratic, non-inclusive, unaccountable, autocratic, and opaque,” said Ruto.
Ruto emphasized that the current structure fails to represent all people, particularly highlighting the exclusion of African countries, which he believes leaves a large population disadvantaged.
“An institution that excludes 54 African countries, representing 1.4 billion people, while allowing one nation to veto decisions of the remaining 193 member states, is unacceptable. We must urgently seek to make the Security Council truly representative, inclusive, transparent, effective, and accountable,” he stated.
He argued that the Security Council’s current composition undermines efforts to maintain international peace and security and called for a more inclusive, transparent, and effective body.
“We also must recognise that the prevailing multilateral institutional architecture is dysfunctional, or at least highly ineffective and cannot be relied upon to provide solutions for the world that we all urgently need,” he said..
Ruto also mentioned the need for reforms within the African Union to better represent African nations globally.
