South African Ambassador to Russia called the UN Security Council a politicized structure

UN Security Council vote. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 6The UN Security Council should be reformed, now it is too politicized and does not reflect the opinion of all states, South African Ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Maketuka said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «UN reform is an interesting issue «South Africa was among the first to raise it back in the 1980s, the UN Security Council needs to be restructured. The fact that only five countries in the world have the right to veto does not suit South Africa. We believe that the international structure of the UN should not be politicized, but, if you look at how the UN Security Council functions, it is very politicized,” the ambassador said. “We understand that when this mechanism was created in 1949, it was justified, but now we are already in 2022, and such an opaque structure as the UN Security Council would not include a single representative from Latin America, from the Middle East, from Africa. Basically, the UN Security Council is run by Europeans, because they are in the majority there. This is wrong. Give others continents an opportunity to play their part,» he stressed. Full text of interview with South African Ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Maketuki >>