Stating that a new UN should be designed to maintain international peace and security more effectively, the Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun reported that Türkiye made its offer available for negotiation with all countries.
Director of Communications Altun addressed the participants of the "The United Nations (UN) Security Council Reform: An Approach to Reconstructing the International Order Panel" organised by the Directorate of Communications in Paris via video message.
Recalling in his message that the UN was founded in 1945 by 51 nations, including Türkiye as a founding member, to prevent the world from experiencing other devastating wars of this scale after the Second World War, Director of Communications Altun stated that the organisation's primary objective is to establish and uphold international peace and security.
Remarking that since its foundation, the United Nations, which has 193 members, has significantly contributed to world peace and stability and has served as a stabilising power in different parts of the world for many years, Director of Communications Altun said that it was, however, 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.
"The UN has displayed an example of desperation during Russia's attacks on Ukraine"
Director of Communications Altun said, "The organisation, which was desperate to prevent the human tragedies in the past in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Syria, and Kosovo, has recently displayed a similar example of desperation during Russia's attacks on Ukraine."
Emphasising that the United Nations, which was founded to safeguard peace and security, is incaple of meeting the international community's expectations in this regard, Director of Communications Altun reported that 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.
Director of Communications Altun stated that the Organisation'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.
Underlining that the states that wield power in the current system are unfortunately part of the problem rather than the solution, Director of Communications Altun remarked:
"We have seen time and again that the UN, 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 to the crisis is a permanent member of the UN. The UN, 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. The main reason for this is the problems in the institutional structure of the organisation. It is a fact that Asian, Latin American and African countries are flagrantly excluded from representation in the UN Security Council. While the resolutions of the General Assembly, which represent all members of the United Nations, are non-binding, the Security Council's decisions, which represent only some of the members of the organisation, are binding on all members of the organisation.
This unfair and non-transparent structure of the UN Security Council must change. Our President's call 'The World is Bigger than Five' is a strong objection against oppression, injustice and inequity at this point. It is a protest against the functioning and global injustices of a world system established by five nations. Today, in the face of every situation in which the UN creates a deadlock rather than a solution, the legitimacy and necessity of our President's demand for UN reform becomes increasingly clear."
Stating that efforts to reform the UN require robust negotiation more than ever, Director of Communications Altun added that suggestions are needed on what type of organisation the UN should be and that all of these, however, should not only be discussed but also put into practice.
“The UN must be restructured to respond to the call for a fairer world”
Director of Communications Altun underlined that a new UN should be designed to maintain international peace and security more effectively and continued:
"We, as Türkiye, have been expressing our offer as part of this approach for quite some time and making it available for negotiation with all countries. Our proposal for a solution, on the other hand, is to adopt the perspective expressed in the phrase 'The world is bigger than five', which focuses on restructuring the UN Security Council. We need a UN that is representative of multiculturalism to achieve a more equitable and sustainable global peace. It is of critical importance to represent the continents, beliefs, origins, and cultures in the most equitable manner possible to establish solution and global peace. As previously stated by our President, it is neither moral nor fair for five countries to make decisions that will affect the fate of the entire world. The world is bigger than five countries. It is possible to create a world that is multipolar, multicentred, multicultural, more inclusive, and fair."
Director of Communications Altun stated that the UN must be restructured to respond to the call for 'a fairer world' that advances the ideals of global peace, prosperity, and justice.