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Kyrgyzstan Bids for UN Security Council Seat
(MENAFN) Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov issued an urgent appeal to world leaders Monday, urging them to back Kyrgyzstan's bid for a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council ahead of the critical June 3 elections.
Speaking through a Foreign Ministry statement, Zhaparov warned that the council's ongoing structural imbalance — particularly the chronic underrepresentation of small, developing, and landlocked nations — is actively eroding the foundations of global collective security.
The president framed broader representation not as an option but as an imperative, stating that expanding the genuine representation of different groups of states in UN's key organ "is not a matter of political choice, but an objective necessity."
"The election of Kyrgyzstan would be evidence of the international community's political will to restore historical justice and to ensure equal rights for all countries to be elected to the leading organ of the United Nations," he said.
Should it secure the seat, Zhaparov pledged that Kyrgyzstan would drive measurable improvements in both the effectiveness and transparency of the Security Council, while delivering substantive input toward resolving the world's most pressing threats and challenges.
A key element of Kyrgyzstan's pitch centers on its geopolitical neutrality. Zhaparov stressed that the country operates free from bloc allegiances and steers clear of confrontational geopolitical alignments — a positioning he argues makes it uniquely suited for bridge-building diplomacy.
"This enables us, within the framework of the Security Council, to uphold a balanced, independent and pragmatic position aimed at reducing polarization and restoring functional dialogue," he said.
Zhaparov outlined an ambitious policy agenda should Kyrgyzstan prevail, with priorities spanning the reinforcement of preventive diplomacy, the development of mediation frameworks, the advancement of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, and the formal recognition of the nexus between climate change and international security.
Speaking through a Foreign Ministry statement, Zhaparov warned that the council's ongoing structural imbalance — particularly the chronic underrepresentation of small, developing, and landlocked nations — is actively eroding the foundations of global collective security.
The president framed broader representation not as an option but as an imperative, stating that expanding the genuine representation of different groups of states in UN's key organ "is not a matter of political choice, but an objective necessity."
"The election of Kyrgyzstan would be evidence of the international community's political will to restore historical justice and to ensure equal rights for all countries to be elected to the leading organ of the United Nations," he said.
Should it secure the seat, Zhaparov pledged that Kyrgyzstan would drive measurable improvements in both the effectiveness and transparency of the Security Council, while delivering substantive input toward resolving the world's most pressing threats and challenges.
A key element of Kyrgyzstan's pitch centers on its geopolitical neutrality. Zhaparov stressed that the country operates free from bloc allegiances and steers clear of confrontational geopolitical alignments — a positioning he argues makes it uniquely suited for bridge-building diplomacy.
"This enables us, within the framework of the Security Council, to uphold a balanced, independent and pragmatic position aimed at reducing polarization and restoring functional dialogue," he said.
Zhaparov outlined an ambitious policy agenda should Kyrgyzstan prevail, with priorities spanning the reinforcement of preventive diplomacy, the development of mediation frameworks, the advancement of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, and the formal recognition of the nexus between climate change and international security.
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