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Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansur Al-Otaibi speech at a UN General Assembly
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (KUNA) -- On behalf of the Arab group of states, Kuwait demanded a permanent seat for the group at the UN Security Council in the future reforms of the Council.
Equitable representation at, and expansion of the UNSC membership, are essential pillars of the process to revitalize the work of the UN as a whole, Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansur Al-Otaibi said on Monday.
He was speaking at a UN General Assembly debate on the item of the fair representation at the UNSC in the future UN reforms.
The accelerated challenges facing the international community require accelerated steps to reform the UNSC and make it better able to address these challenges in a more credible transparent and impartial way, Ambassador Al-Otaibi stressed.
He highlighted the significance of the ongoing intergovernmental negotiations at the UNGA in reaching a mutually-acceptable consensus among the UN member states on the UNSC reforms pursuant to the UNGA Resolution 62/557.
The resolution, adopted on 15 September 2008 by a UNGA informal plenary during the 63rd UNGA session, commenced the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reforms.
Ambassador Al-Otaibi regretted the failure of the UNSC to shoulder its responsibilities to maintain the world peace and security due over the last two decades to the abuse by some of its permanent member states of their veto powers.
The veto was used 15 times in this period to protect the illegitimate practices of the Israeli occupation forces in occupied Arab territories, he added. (end)
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