UN Security Council Reform Now: Start With the G20!
Brazil's former Foreign Minister of External Relations, Celso Amorim’s contribution to the Future of Conflict collection of 20 essays for Crisis Group’s 20th Anniversary.
As the UN marks its 70th anniversary, the crucial question of Security Council reform remains neglected, despite a number of UN-focused initiatives launched, both by think-tanks and other private institutions, as well as by the UN Member States and its secretariat. This, despite the fact that the Security Council and its reform has been the object of heated and, by and large, fruitless debate for at least twenty years. Now, on the occasion of the UN’s 70th anniversary, the upcoming G20 meeting — and the G20 themselves — should be leveraged to gain real traction for reform efforts and ensure a broader group of voices, reflecting today’s world, are heard.
FULL ESSAY (Via Crisis Group)
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Source: Crisis Group
