The US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Tomas-Grinfield said that the country at the upcoming at the end of September of a high level of a high-level Session of the UN General Assembly wants to discuss the reform of the organization’s security council. She is going to raise this topic together with the American President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
“We must come to a consensus on reasonable and trustworthy proposals to increase the number of members of the Council of Security. During the General Assembly this month, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and I plan to hold wide consultations on our individual and collective responsibility within the framework The UN Charter, including on extremely important issues of the Reform of the Security Council and other UN bodies, ”said the diplomat.
She emphasized that it is necessary not to protect the status quo, but to show the willingness to compromise. Thomas-Grinfield added that the Security Council needs to better reflect those global realities that are available today.