Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said there is a need to democratise the United Nations (UN) security council, saying Nigeria, with its population, economic size, and strategic role in Africa, has earned the right to be part of the UNSC.
He made the assertion while speaking on a panel with the theme “Securing an Insecure World,” according to Alkasim Abdulkadir, the minister’s media aide, in a statement Saturday morning.
Joining Tuggar on the panel were Secretary of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HH. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen; Senator from Delaware, United States, Christopher A. Coons; President, World Economic Forum, Brørge Brende; and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Annalena Baerbock.
The parley was in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the just concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.
The panel discussants dwelled on persistent conflicts, the intensifying climate crises, fragile global economies, and the potential risks of new technologies that were creating a complex global security environment.
It provided an opportunity to interrogate what the true state of global collective security looks like today and how leaders can strengthen it for the future.
Tuggar said the values of democracy, such as the rule of law, should be replicated in the world’s highest decision-making organs.
Tuggar said the UN Security Council as constituted is not living up to its purpose.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said there is a need to democratise the United Nations (UN) security council, saying Nigeria, with its population, economic size, and strategic role in Africa, has earned the right to be part of the UNSC.
He made the assertion while speaking on a panel with the theme “Securing an Insecure World,” according to Alkasim Abdulkadir, the minister’s media aide, in a statement this morning.
Joining Tuggar on the panel were Secretary of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen; Senator from Delaware United States, Christopher A. Coons; President, World Economic Forum, Børge Brende; and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Annalena Baerbock.
The parley was in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the just concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.
The panel discussants dwelled on persistent conflicts, the intensifying climate crises, the fragile global economies and the potential risks of new technologies that were creating a complex global security environment.
It provided an opportunity to interrogate what the true state of global collective security looked like today and how leaders can strengthen it for the future.
Tuggar said the values of democracy – such as the rule of law – should be replicated in the world’s highest decision organs.
Tuggar said the UN Security Council as constituted is not leaving up to its purpose.