Brazil calls for UN Security Council reform

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called for a reform of the United Nations Security Council, The Guardian reports.

“It is time to respond with resolve by restoring the capacity of a reformed United Nations to act, so that it no longer remains a mere spectator to events that affect us all,” emphasised Lula da Silva.

He noted that “the prerogatives of the permanent members of the security council are already unjustifiable in an international order grounded in the sovereign equality of nations,” adding, “Violence cannot replace dialogue, nor can force prevail over diplomacy.”

By Vugar Khalilov