Portugal’s permanent representative to the UN defended the need for greater “legitimacy, transparency and accountability” of the United Nations Security Council.
This Tuesday, Portugal joined several countries to call for a reform of the United Nations Security Council (UN) and its veto system, urging greater “legitimacy, transparency and accountability” of the body.
In the annual debate on the working methods of the Security Council, the permanent representative of Portugal to the UN, Ana Paula Zacarias, stated that the only way to improve the functioning and legitimacy of the Council “is through measures that are feasible under the current rules“.
A more transparent and accountable Council would benefit from greater stakeholder trust and, therefore, would be in a better position to fulfill its mandate,” the diplomat said.
The power of veto held by the five permanent members of the Security Council – Russia, China, the United States, France and the United Kingdom – was the central theme of the meeting in which the methods and procedures of the body were analyzed, which has worked under provisional internal regime. Regulations were discussed as early as 1946.
Ana Paula Zacarías joined the voices that defended greater accountability for the use of the veto.
Source: Observadora
