Go to mediabankMinister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei. File photoMINSK, Sep 21 Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that the gap between the UN and the growing diversity of the world is widening, the organization is losing the character of an impartial platform. The minister made this statement in a letter of appeal to all his colleagues from of the UN member states, in which he outlined approaches to key issues in the functioning of the UN and ways to reform the organization.The Prime Minister of Japan called for UN reform «Belarus, like many other countries, is forced to acknowledge the growing gap between the current UN and the rapidly growing diversity of the world. And if in matters of maintaining peace and security, the essence and role of the UN is hostage to its institutional structure, embodied in the Security Council with the right of veto, the organization of effective international cooperation in other areas not related to security is hampered by some other factors,» the letter says. international cooperation of equal members.» He stated that «the UN has become a victim of a unipolar moment in modern world history.» «The loss of neutrality is reinforced … by the overwhelming dependence of the UN on donor funds provided by developed countries, the predominance of citizens of these countries in politically and financially important positions in the organization. These two factors predetermine the dominance of the interests of donor countries in making any decisions of the UN, with the exception of questions the competence of the Security Council,» the minister said. According to him, such one-sidedness of the UN is the basis for the organization's limited ability to objectively and impartially respond to the problems of all its members. The Minister added that many UN documents are developed by a minority of countries simply because so many of them lack the necessary expert potential. «Many solutions The UN is adopted by voting, by a majority vote, and many by a minority due to imperfections in the rules of procedure. Such documents do not reflect the common denominator of all interested parties, and sometimes directly contradict the interests of some of them,» he said. That is why such obvious violations of the UN charter, such as economic sanctions adopted without a Security Council mandate, remain outside the decisions of the organization and without its condemnation, Makei stressed. In this regard, he considers it not surprising that a huge number of resolutions and other decisions of UN bodies are never implemented. Concerning the UN Security Council, Makei noted that «Belarus is sincerely committed to the role of the UN Security Council in maintaining peace and security on the planet and intends to fully support efforts to strengthening this role. At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that «decisions that do not correspond to the interests of its (UN Security Council — ed.) permanent members are simply not accepted in the council.»
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