BEIRUT: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged on Saturday that the UN Security Council lacks the effectiveness needed to halt major conflicts, warning that the situation is unlikely to improve in the near future.
Speaking at a press conference in Beirut at the end of his visit to Lebanon, Guterres told Arab News that the Security Council “has a problem of legitimacy and efficiency because of the vetoes.
“We have witnessed that, time and time again, when we have situations of conflict and when it is necessary to stop the conflict, there is a veto (that) emerges that does not allow the Security Council to act.”
He added: “Unfortunately, this will not change in the short term.”
Guterres said that the council does not represent the world as it exists today, but instead is stuck representing the world after 1945.
