{"id":229713,"date":"2022-06-24T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/president-ramaphosa-urges-for-un-security-council-reform\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:26:32","slug":"president-ramaphosa-urges-for-un-security-council-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/president-ramaphosa-urges-for-un-security-council-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ramaphosa urges for UN Security Council reform"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a need to urgently reform the United Nations Security Council so that it can credibly and effectively perform its mandate.<\/p>\n

The President said it is unjust that Africa, with a population of 1.3 billion people, does not have permanent representation on the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

President Ramaphosa was delivering his statement at the High-Level Dialogue on Global Development on the sidelines of the 2022 BRICS Leaders\u2019 Summit, hosted by China on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs like-minded emerging market countries, we need to move from a common vision of an emerging international order to a common programme of change. We must be committed to shaping our own institutions to support the growth and development of emerging economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur vision has been to harness our common vision and resources to improve the lives of our people through mutually beneficial cooperation and to actively shape the world to benefit the Global South,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President called on BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to approach its cooperation with a spirit of openness and solidarity, with the genuine intention to find mutual interests and build common values.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the potential to leverage our combined economic strength to drive a sustainable global economic recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is up to us, as emerging and developing economies, to put the global South on a new trajectory of progress, prosperity and self-reliance and to shape an inclusive and equitable international order,\u201d the President said.  <\/p>\n

He said that this is an opportunity to move from solidarity to collective action for the benefit of all the countries\u2019 people.<\/p>\n

The President further expressed his sincere appreciation to the BRICS chair for continuing the bloc\u2019s tradition of meaningful engagement with like-minded emerging markets and developing economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all share a desire for increased representation and a progressive perspective in global governance institutions. We share a common history of struggle against imperialism, colonialism, exploitation and continued underdevelopment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur ties of solidarity were forged at the Bandung Conference in 1955, which culminated in the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Ramaphosa emphasised that the summit remains the template for South-South cooperation and solidarity.<\/p>\n

Less than a decade ago, the President said that the world united in a historic decision on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognised that eradicating poverty was the greatest global challenge of our time. We committed ourselves to a common agenda for humanity that would see us collectively address climate change, conflict, poverty and insecurity,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

Promote international peace and security<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The President highlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic further revealed the inter-connectedness and exposed the countries shared vulnerability.<\/p>\n

He further said that the Ukraine conflict has exposed the fault lines in the international order.<\/p>\n

\u201cUrgent global issues like COVID-19, poverty, inequality, climate change and the broader sustainable development agenda have been eclipsed by the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must safeguard the principle of multilateralism. We need a United Nations that is fit-for-purpose and clear in its benefits to all humanity, especially in times of insecurity and crises,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

President Ramaphosa called on nations to promote international peace and security by advocating inclusive dialogue and the peaceful settlement of disputes.-SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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