The Vice President, Jessica Alupo has underscored the need to reform the United Nations (UN) Security Council.<\/p>\n
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Alupo said the need to reform the Security Council is now more urgent and imperative than ever before.<\/p>\n
She said the present geopolitical realities are more compelling for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council to make way for equitable representation<\/p>\n
Alupo also said it was regrettable and hypocritical that some of the regions and nations that mismanaged the environment and are disproportionately responsible for global warming have embarked on a rigorous campaign to thwart efforts of other countries to responsibly and sustainably develop the oil and gas sectors.<\/p>\n
She added that development should be environmentally friendly, inclusive, and provide benefits for all.<\/p>\n
Addressing the same Assembly, Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley also referred to the United States President\u2019s words earlier this week and supported a reform of the Security Council<\/p>\n
\u201cWe call an echo for that, but we go further. We believe that a Security Council that retains the power of veto in the hands of a few, will still lead us to war as we have seen this year, and therefore the reform cannot simply be in its composition but also [must include] the removal of that veto,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms. Mottley also called for the reform of the G20 and G7 groups, arguing that Barbados \u201ccannot accept\u201d these \u201cinformal committees of governance\u201d when they have no African-descent representation and exclude 1.5 billion people in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could it be expected to reflect fairness and transparency in its decision-making?\u201d she wondered.<\/p>\n
She argued that to be able to move from \u201cpossibilities\u201d to \u201crealities\u201d it is essential to embrace a transparency framework that would allow the people who are losing faith in institutions that fairness does mean something.<\/p>\n
\u201cFairness and togetherness are needed to bring about peace, love, and prosperity in this world. And this is not romanticism these are hard realities that simply require decisions,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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