New York, July 1 (BNA): The Arab Group welcomed the unanimous adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution regarding the continuation of intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of the United Nations Security Council during the next session.
This step will allow Member States to continue collective work in order to formulate a common understanding that provides the necessary foundations for reaching a consensual solution that leads to real and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
Bahrain’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, in his capacity as coordinator of the Arab Group in New York, delivered a speech in which he focused on the issue of reforming the Security Council after the resolution was adopted.
He thanked the co-chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations – the permanent representatives of the State of Kuwait and the Republic of Austria – for their fruitful work in facilitating the negotiations during the current session.
He said that intergovernmental negotiations are the only forum to reach an agreement on expanding and reforming the Security Council, and to search for a solution that has the widest possible political acceptance.
He added that although there is a convergence of positions among the member states with regard to the reform of the UN Security Council, there is more work to be done in order to bridge the views and reduce the gap on many other points. .
He renewed the position of the Arab group calling for permanent Arab representation with full powers in the category of permanent seats in the event of any future expansion of the Council.
Ambassador Al-Roai said that fair representation requires proportionate Arab representation in the category of non-permanent seats in the expanded Security Council.
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