How to Fix the Security Council

Adding members and removing the unilateral veto would make the body stronger.

First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky speaks at a Security Council meeting on Ukraine at the United Nations in New York. September 30, 2025, 1:54 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly high-level debates last week, a host of global leaders called for a more effective and representative Security Council. In the words of Finnish President Alexander Stubb: “If countries from the global south, from Latin America, from Africa, from Asia, do not get agency in the system, they will turn their backs against the United Nations.”

Indeed, the council’s shortcomings are playing out all too c

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