President John Mahama has asked for fundamental reforms at the United Nations (UN), particularly the Security Council.
The Ghanaian leader referred to the present Security Council as “static, archaic, and moribund.”
He made the remarks while speaking at the Munich Security Conference 2025on Friday, February 14, 2025,, in Germany.
According to him, there was the need for the Security Council to adapt to the evolving global landscape, urging that it no longer reflects the realities of today’s world.
“I think that the UN itself has carried out many reforms in terms of trying to increase efficiencies that it has, but one place that has remained static, archaic, and moribund is the Security Council.”
He said that the current structure of the Security Council fails to adequately represent the global community, particularly emerging nations.
He also argued that the veto power remains the primary obstacle to meaningful change.
“The veto should not be a stumbling block to adding new permanent members to the Security Council,” Mr.. Mahama opined.
Mr. Mahama believes the first step towards the reform should be an expansion of the council to include additional permanent members, with the veto issue to be addressed later.
The reform he added should not only be be about addressing the interests of the developing world but also ensuring the UN’s relevance in an increasingly fragmented global environment.
“In order that they can respond to these challenges, the UN becomes more relevant even today in a fragmented world, because when there is fragmentation,on, we need more multilateralism, more global cooperation,” he said.
“We have more challenges today, climate change and all that;; we need to work together; we can’t leave this planet,” he added.
“This is the only planet we have; the only way we can save this planet is when people are working together,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
