Fate of 194 countries can't be left in hands of 5 permanent UN Security Council members: Turkish President Erdogan

Fate of 194 countries can't be left in hands of 5 permanent UN Security Council members: Turkish President Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged a major overhaul of the United Nations, stressing that nearly 200 countries worldwide cannot be left up to the five permanent members of the Security Council, CE Report quotes Anadolu Agency

“The UN needs to be completely reformed. The world cannot be left to the mercy of the five permanent (Security Council member) countries. The fate of 194 countries cannot be left in the hands or the lips of one of these five permanent members,” Erdogan said in an address to the TRT World Forum in Istanbul.

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