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Malaysia calls for UN to challenge, abolish Security Council veto

NEW YORK, Sept 27 — The veto power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must be challenged and ultimately abolished to address the Council’s failures, Foreign Minister...

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In his address at the 81st UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan called for the abolition of the United Nations Security Council's veto power, citing its role in the Council's failures, particularly in addressing crimes against humanity.

He emphasized the need for UN members to challenge the veto's use and highlighted Resolution 76/262 as a tool for enhancing accountability between the Security Council and the General Assembly.

Mohamad urged immediate efforts to reform the Security Council, pointing out that expansion of membership alone is insufficient, and stressed the importance of restoring trust in the UN through concrete actions that uphold international law.

NEW YORK, Sept 27 — The veto power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must be challenged and ultimately abolished to address the Council’s failures, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said.

He said expanding the Council’s membership alone would not be enough to resolve its shortcomings, stressing that the use of the veto must be questioned and strongly challenged by every member of the UN General Assembly, particularly in cases involving crimes against humanity.

“The exercise of the veto must be questioned and strongly challenged by every single member of this General Assembly. Particularly in cases of crimes against humanity,” he said in his national statement at the General Debate of the 81st UN General Assembly here on Saturday.

Mohamad said Resolution 76/262 had already created an accountability channel between the Security Council and the General Assembly.

“We must make full use of this Resolution as a launchpad for greater accountability regarding the use of the veto,” he said.

He said the international community must begin work now to reform the Security Council.

“Expanding the Council’s membership alone will not be enough to resolve its failures. It is the veto that must be challenged, and it is the veto that must be abolished. We must begin the work now,” he said.

Mohamad said there was still time to save the global order, stressing that paralysis in the Security Council should not translate into paralysis of the United Nations.

He also highlighted the growing trust deficit confronting the UN, saying trust could only be restored through concrete action, including ensuring that international law was upheld and that people around the world continued to believe their voices mattered.

The UNSC is the United Nations’ principal body for addressing international peace and security, comprising 15 members, including five permanent members with veto power.

Mohamad is in New York from Sept 23 to 27 for Malaysia’s participation in the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). — Bernama

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外交部长拿督斯里穆罕默德·哈桑在第81届联合国大会上发表讲话，呼吁废除联合国安理会的否决权，并指出该权力在安理会的失败中发挥了作用，尤其是在应对危害人类罪行方面。

他强调联合国成员国有必要挑战否决权的使用，并强调第 76/262 号决议是加强安全理事会和大会之间问责制的工具。

穆罕默德敦促立即努力改革安全理事会，指出仅扩大成员规模是不够的，并强调必须通过维护国际法的具体行动来恢复对联合国的信任。

纽约，9月27日——外交部长拿督斯里穆罕默德·哈山表示，必须挑战并最终废除联合国安理会的否决权，以解决安理会的失职问题。

他表示，仅扩大安理会成员规模不足以解决其不足之处，并强调联合国大会的每个成员都必须质疑和强烈反对否决权的使用，尤其是在涉及危害人类罪的案件中。

“大会的每一位成员都必须质疑并强烈反对否决权的行使，尤其是在涉及危害人类罪的情况下，”他在周六于此举行的第81届联合国大会一般性辩论中发表的国家声明中说道。