According to Erdogan, simply expanding the number of privileged Security Council members will not solve the problem of power concentration in the hands of a limited group of states. “Reform cannot mean giving the same privilege to other states”, he stressed.
The Turkish president proposed forming a broad coalition in the General Assembly around the principle that no state should permanently block the will of the majority. He also advocated for countries to be elected by the General Assembly for a fixed term and on a rotational basis, with no permanent members in the Security Council.
Erdogan linked his proposal to a broader revision of the international order. He stated that one cannot build the order of the future while preserving the hierarchy of the past, and reminded that the events of the last quarter-century have shown that no balance of power and no international order is eternal.
Erdogan also repeated the principle promoted by Ankara, “The world is bigger than five”, referring to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. According to him, this slogan means a broader understanding of responsibility and the need to turn the idea of reform into a concrete roadmap.
Separately, he addressed the economic side of reforming the international system. In Erdogan’s assessment, expectations that globalization would itself ensure the spread of prosperity have not materialized, inequality in income distribution has deepened, and technology and economic dependencies have become new areas of competition.
He added that the problems of each region cannot be solved by methods defined from outside. As a more sustainable approach, Erdogan named solutions based on the will of the countries concerned, local conditions, and common interests, as well as a more active role for states capable of maintaining communication between different sides and participating in establishing peace and stability.
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