BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14. Azerbaijan has called
for fair representation of the Global South in the reform of the UN
Security Council, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head
of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential
Administration, said, Trend reports.
He made the remark during the 1st General Assembly of the Global
South NGO Platform, held as part of “Baku Urban Planning Week.”
According to him, the countries of the Global South can no
longer remain mere observers in the formation of a new world
order.
“Today, given the enormous potential of the Global South and the
fact that the majority of the world’s population lives here, we
cannot afford to be mere observers in the formation of a new world
order,” he said.
Hikmet Hajiyev noted that the current structure of the UN
Security Council does not reflect modern realities, and the voice
of the Global South is not sufficiently heard in international
institutions.