Foreign Ministers of L.69 group of nations call expansion of UNSC "essential" to make body "more representative"
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Foreign Ministers of the L.69 group of nations on Thursday held a meeting on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to exchange views on reform of the United Nations Security Council. The leaders called the expansion of the UNSC "essential" to make the body "more representative, legitimate, and effective."
The L-69 Ministerial joint press statement read, "The Ministers reaffirmed that expansion of the Council, in both permanent and non-permanent categories of membership, is essential to make the body more representative, legitimate, and effective."
The ministers agreed that the increasingly complex and interconnected global challenges that exist today further highlight the urgency of reforming the UNSC in order to "better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and to enhance its legitimacy, effectiveness, and implementation of its decisions," according to the L-69 Ministerial joint press statement.
The ministers emphasised the importance of ensuring equitable geographical representation, particularly for under-represented and unrepresented regions and groups. They reaffirmed their strong support for the Common African Position (CAP).
"They reaffirmed their strong support to the Common African Position (CAP) and emphasized that Africa, given the historical injustice, needs to be fully represented in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership of a reformed and expanded Security Council, in line with the CAP as enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration," it added. (ANI)
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