UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW

WHITE MINORITY RULE IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION
FOR THE ENTIRE PLANET.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMANENT MEMBERS ARE
FOUR WHITE PEOPLE AND ONE CHINESE PERSON

DOES THE U.S. REALLY CARE ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL FAIRNESS?

GLOBAL MAJORITY DEMANDS A VOTE. IT'S TIME FOR AMERICA TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

IT'S TIME THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLE HAD THE MAJORITY
OF THE PERMANENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEATS.

THE UN'S 80% WHITE MAJORITY

OF PERMANENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

RULING AS A GLOBAL MINORITY

UN CHART

We cannot expect to come together as a planet when we have a Security Council that is a legacy of western imperialism, that consists of four white Europeans and one Chinese person. This is bad joke. Titus Alexander, the former chair of Westminster United Nations Association, once succinctly described the Security Council as a "pillar of apartheid."

The current UN Security Council is a legacy of the Post-World War II era. The nations that were the victors of the war were made into permanent members: Russia, The United Kingdom, The United States - along with France and China. These permanent members have the power to veto any substantive Security Council resolution, including the admission of a new member state or a candidate for Secretary General. The Security Council also has ten non-permanent members who are elected on a regional basis to serve two year terms.

The reality is that the current Security Council reflects a bygone era, and not the current global order. When the veto power is in the hands of a global minority, can they really make decisions that would be in the best interests of the global majority? We think not.

Japan is the third biggest economy in the globe and India has the second largest population in the world. Yet these countries are not represented.

A reformed Security Council would at least include India and Japan as permanent members. Latin America, Africa and the Middle Eastern states should each be able to nominate a permanent member to represent them. France and England should give up their seats in favor of an EU representative.

If the Security Council cannot reform itself to reflect the global community, then it will continue to ignite conflict around the globe. Voices from the global majority will speak out and begin to take matters into their own hands.

Voices from the world's developing majority are already beginning to speak out. The G77 is a UN Coalition that represents 133 of the world's developing nations. While this group doesn't have an accurate name to describe their coalition (since there are more than 77 members), they do represent a majority of the world's population. This group recently celebrated their 50th anniversary of existence with a summit in Bolivia. At this summit, the G77 discussed a "new world order for living well." The final declaration of the summit stressed the need for a global order that can adequately represent ALL of the world's people - not just some, along with achieving environmental sustainability.

There are many others who agree that the UN Security Council is severely out of date.

Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, recently called the Security Council an "insecurity council" at the 2014 G77 Bolivia Summit.

"Rather than fostering peace among nations, this body has promoted wars and invasions by imperial powers in their quest for the natural resources available in the invaded countries. Instead of a Security Council, today we witness an insecurity council of imperial wars." (Morales Speech Transcript: World Future Fund)

In 2013, the South African President, Jacob Zuma described the Security Council as a rule of the minority.

"You have a minority that has the last word and unfortunately is no longer helping. It is actually becoming part of the problem," Zuma said, decrying the Council's actions over conflicts in Iraq and Libya over the past ten years. "As small countries we believe the arrangement is unfair, it is undemocratic, it's not good any more (Fox News, 9-24-13)."

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of the U.K warned that the UN Security Council is on the verge of becoming an "anachronism." In his own words he claims, "The UN does not adequately reflect the world we live in today." He made a demand for permanent seats for Japan, Germany, Brazil and India. He also added, "The Security Council must be reformed. Unless more room is made at the top table, it will become an anachronism - a relic of a different time. (BBC, 9-23-13)

In 2012, Sergei Lavrov, The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia advocated the inclusion of Brazil and India into the Security Council. He also stated that the Security Council must represent the pluralism of today's global community. (Voice of Russia, 12-24-12)

The Global Policy Forum calls the Security Council an undemocratic organization that exists to give privileges to the victors of World War II:

"The veto powers of the Big Five constitute the very essence of the United Nations. The international organization is not democratic. Its members do not have equal rights. The five countries which reaped the fruits of victory in World War II were accorded special privileges. Indeed, the structure of the international organization charged with maintaining world order was based on the premise that what is considered legal is only what is acceptable to these five privileged members concomitantly (Global Policy, 7-14-99)."

POPULATIONS OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL COUNTRIES, AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WORLD POPULATION

The populations of the U.N. Security Council permanent members added up together are only 26% of the world population.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

WHITE MINORITY RULE IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR THE ENTIRE PLANET.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMANENT MEMBERS ARE FOUR WHITE PEOPLE AND ONE CHINESE PERSON

WHITE MINORITY RULE IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION
FOR THE ENTIRE PLANET.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMANENT MEMBERS ARE
FOUR WHITE PEOPLE AND ONE CHINESE PERSON