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The United Nations' Security Council faces issues of legitimacy and effectiveness, says Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres, as he calls for reforms to better reflect the reality of today's world.

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00:00The United Nations Security Council faces issues of legitimacy and effectiveness,

00:05says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

00:07He notes that the Council's composition no longer reflects the reality of today's world.

00:15We have three European permanent members in the Security Council.

00:20We have France, the UK and Russia.

00:23And we have one Asian member, no member from Latin America, no member from Africa.

00:30This shows that the Security Council does not correspond at all to the world of today.

00:35Second, there is a problem of effectiveness.

00:38And the main element that complicates the effectiveness is indeed the veto power.

00:43Two of the countries, England and France, the UK and France,

00:46have presented the proposal to limit the veto power in a certain number of circumstances.

00:52And I think it would be very interesting if the members of the Council would seriously consider those proposals.

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