Ahmadinejad denounces UNSC for monopolizing United Nations’ power

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vehemently criticized the United Nations Security Council, saying the 15-member body has monopolized the UN’s power.

“The members of this council (the UN Security Council) have monopolized the entire power of the United Nations,” President Ahmadinejad said in a press conference after addressing the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

He added that the UN is the organization of nations and all members should enjoy equal rights.

The president emphasized that the existence of discriminatory moves in the United Nations is the cause of many global woes, stating that all UN members should take part in the decision-making process of the world body “freely, without pressure and each with one vote.”

Ahmadinejad said that two permanent members of the UN Security Council are currently imposing their will on all members of the United Nations. He added that in all clashes across the world, one side of the conflict is one of these two Security Council members.

These have led to the Security Council’s failure to fulfill its duties, he pointed out.

Ahmadinejad added that certain permanent members of the Security Council are after more exclusive privileges and noted that they are preventing the body from carrying out its duties by exerting pressure.

Now, the Security Council is at an impasse and is unable to maintain international security, he stated.

In an address to the High-level Meeting of the 67th Session of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels on Monday, the Iranian president called for a total structural overhaul of the United Nations Security Council in order to facilitate the observance of the rule of law in international interactions.

“The discriminatory privilege, the influential and imposed role of the Security Council as well as [the right of] veto and some of its owners are unacceptable and illegitimate and for that reason the Security Council is incapable of administering justice and maintaining a stable order and security in the world,” Ahmadinejad said.