Despite the sobering experience of the last UN Summit of the Future and its completely inadequate results, some civil society actors still seem to believe that they can achieve something to reform the UN Charter. Their goals are noble and right. They should not be slowed down. Perhaps they will succeed after all. They write in the latest UN Charter Reform Coalition newsletter:
Brazil, South Africa and India join the call for Charter Reform!
On 19 November, the IBSA Dialogue Forum - which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, released a statement encouraging a “wide-ranging reform of the UN Charter, including the convening of a review conference, in accordance with its Article 109”.
“We cannot wait,” the statement says, “for another global tragedy, like the Second World War, to build a new global governance on its ruins.”
The Coalition is now actively reaching out to each of the three countries to explore how we can support them in advancing the agenda.
However, caution is urgently advised here. The current governments of India, Brazil and South Africa are by no means trustworthy. After all, they are in a political alliance with the biggest liars, thieves and murderers in the world at the moment, the Putin regime in Russia, which is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine and constantly threatening to use nuclear weapons. The second rotten egg in the basket is the Chinese Communist Party, which wants to take away Taiwan's freedom with its military expansion policy, threatens the South Pacific and has qualified as a world champion in the disregard for human rights. And then there are others, such as Iran, the nightmare of every freedom-loving woman. These are the BRICS states. They have a slightly different world order in mind. Anyone who makes common cause with such powers cannot possibly be trustworthy.
So people, pay attention, also in the interest of your own credibility!