UNITED NATIONS Nov 10: Pakistan has warned the world community that a proposal for Security Council reform that is adopted by a divisive vote may not be materialised because it will not get ratification by two-thirds of the UN members.
Addressing, on Thursday, the UN General Assembly considering the “question of equitable representation in the Security Council” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram called for “consensus or widest possible agreement” among the member states.
He said that reform of Security Council “impinges on national security interest of every member state and any precipitate move to secure a decision by a vote would revive regional tensions and resurrect divisions within the organization.”
Mr Akram said that any decision without consensus “would eclipse and possibly derail rest of the UN reform agenda.”
“It could halt the heartening progress we are making, or expect to make, on the establishment of a Peace building commission on terrorism, the Human Rights Council and, most importantly, implementation of development agenda,” Akram said in the charged debate in the UNGA.
He reiterated the virtues of the uniting for consensus group sponsored by Italy, Pakistan and other like-minded countries, saying “our proposal offers the most promising basis to evolve a consensus, especially on the issue of equitable representation”.
