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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Wednesday for reform of the United Nations Security Council, saying all regions should have fair representation and that permanent members’ veto powers should be abolished.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Sanchez said the organisation needed to be strengthened amid growing challenges to the principles underpinning the international system, according to the speech cited in the source material.
“We need to reform the Security Council so that all of the regions in the world have fair representation, and so that we can do away with the right of veto of the permanent members,” Sanchez said.
Sanchez warns of threats to international principles
Referring to the UN Charter, the Spanish leader said no country should be allowed to act as a judge in its own case, regardless of its power.
He warned that peace, sustainability and equal opportunities were being challenged by political actors and governments seeking to return the world to a “dark past”.
“I don’t need to point them out. We all know who they are and what their modus operandi is,” Sanchez said.
Spain’s response to conflicts
Sanchez also outlined measures taken by Madrid in response to international conflicts, saying Spain had done “everything possible” to oppose actions that contravene the UN Charter.
He referred to sanctions against Russia and an arms embargo on the Israeli government. Sanchez also reiterated Spain’s “unequivocal” condemnation of what he described as the “genocide that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is still perpetrating in Gaza.”
The Spanish prime minister said multilateralism remained the best way to manage global interdependence and called for renewed confidence in the UN and efforts to reinforce the organisation.
