Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized the United Nations and hinted that an alternative body may be formed by those countries who believe the existence of five permanent member states, which enjoy the right of veto, is unfair.
The head of the Turkish cabinet has many times condemned the UN for being unable to settle the Syrian conflict.
On 31 January 2012 the Arab League asked the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution based on the League's action plan for Syria, including a call for Assad to step down. However, on 4 February 2012 the resolution was vetoed by China and Russia.
Commenting on the prime minister's statement concerning an alternative international body, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced that it is not working on such a plan, Hürriyet Daily News reports.
“It’s obvious that our prime minister underlined the need to reform the U.N. system, which has become a global issue. Apart from that, our only preparation is aiming to have Turkey elected as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council for the period of 2015 and 2016,” a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official told the news agency.
