GCC chief praises Saudi position over security council reform

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani commended on Saturday Saudi Arabia's call for reforming the UN Security Council. The GCC chief also called for enabling the UNSC to carry out its duties and assume its responsibilities towards maintaining international peace and security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Al-Zayani, in a press statement, underscored the importance of the Saudi call to achieve fundamental reform in the system of the Security Council to support its role as a United Nations body responsible for all the consequences of the major issues of global peace and security, especially since today's world is in dire need of the role of the Security Council and its international legitimacy under the breadth of cases of political and security unrest. He added that despite the international stature of the UNSC membership, Saudi Arabia's apology to accept the membership is menifested in the UNSC's inability to perform its duties and carry out its responsibilities, "especially towards our Arab issues", stems from the Kingdom's historical interest in the concerns of the Arab nations, stability of their regional neighborhood, as well as its interest in international issues and global stability, which are among the main responsibilities of the United Nations Security Council.