“In order to increase efficiency”: why the BRICS countries advocated reforming the UN and the organization’s Security Council

The BRICS countries supported the idea of ​​reforming the UN, including the Security Council of the world organization, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It is noted that changes are needed to increase the “democratic, representative, efficient and effective” UN so that the structure can properly respond to current global challenges. The heads of diplomatic departments of the BRICS states supported the aspirations of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, including Brazil, India and South Africa, to play a more significant role in the UN Security Council. According to experts, the Security Council in its current form is truly outdated, and the initiative of the BRICS countries to increase the role of the states of the Global South in this structure seems to be the most fair option for reforming the world organization.
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