FM Calls on Int'l Community to Evolve Governance Mechanisms

Egypt's Foreign Minister (FM) Sameh Shoukry said that the modern contemporary challenges require evolving governance mechanisms.

In his word before the 17th regional security summit, FM said, "Today’s challenges are radically different from those of the past - they are not restricted by borders and are highly complex."

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"To face the many evolving contemporary challenges, we should consider evolving our governance mechanisms," he added.

In this regard, Shoukry pointed out that the United Nations (UN) veto model has not been reviewed since the 1940s, pointing out that African countries are changing rapidly, a matter which affects the balance of power in the world.

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"The United Nations veto model has not been reviewed since the 1940s, short-changing African nations, for example," Shoukry said.

Moreover, Egypt's top diplomat added that Multilateralism has achieved many successes, yet it failed to achieve a number of urgent goals in the region, including solving the Palestinian issue, eliminating nuclear weapons, settling armed conflicts, combating climate change, in addition to the distribution of Coronavirus vaccines.

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"Multilateralism has had successes but has also failed in our region to deal with the Palestinian issue, nuclear proliferation, conflict, and burden-sharing on climate change and vaccines," he said.