Erdogan and Sánchez Seek End of Veto
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have called for a fundamental reform of the United Nations Security Council, including the abolition of veto power and the end of the permanent membership system, to achieve a more equitable representation for all member states of the United Nations. The proposed reform aims to empower the General Assembly to select Council members for fixed terms, rather than allowing the five permanent members to continue to monopolize the veto authority, which enables them to block decisions even when the majority of members support them. Although amending the UN Charter to remove the veto is legally possible, it requires the agreement of all five countries that currently hold it—an extremely difficult hurdle, leaving the reform process in a state of significant political and legal challenge.
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