Pecohub During the virtual meeting with other heads of state, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized the occasion to discuss inconsistencies within the UN Security Council.
“Today the international landscape is plunged into flagrant dualism in terms of double standards, blatant violations of the provisions of International law with extreme indifference and without accountability… Such degradations undermine the foundations of international peace and security,” President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stated.
“Given such regression, it’s not surprising to see crises, aggression, conflicts flare up, and war eruptions, as well as the perpetration of heinous crimes…” he noted, openly connecting these inadequacies to the global increase in instability.
“Such a deteriorating reality has weakened the efficiency of joint international action and UN agencies to contend with urgent issues requiring the highest level of coordination and collaboration… This has a direct adverse impact on the state’s confidence in the UN’s system, particularly the poor performance of the Security Council,” the Egyptian leader went on to add.
The Egyptian president’s remarks come amid a renewed Egyptian request for broad reforms to the UN Security Council.
On September 3, only days before the BRICS conference, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia, urging immediate changes to the UN’s power structure.
