Calls to Overhaul the UN Security Council Gain New Momentum
Natural Gas Prices Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on… With Kyrgyzstan set to begin a two-year term on the UN Security Council at the end of this year, the Central Asian nation’s president, Sadyr Japarov, sent some barbs and props to President Donald Trump in a speech at the General Assembly.
Japarov’s September 22addressmade it clear that Bishkek sides with China on the matter of reforming the United Nations, with the aim of altering the balance of power within the institution to diminish Western influence.
“Today the world has changed,” Japarov stated.
To reflect that change, the composition of the Security Council, theUN entityresponsible for promoting peace and security, needs to be expanded, he added.
“It would be fair to give the African continent, with a population of over 1 billion, two permanent seats, and Latin America one permanent seat,” he said.
Currently, the Security Council comprises 15 member states, including the five permanent members, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China.
Casting itself as a developing nation, Beijing’sofficial stanceis that the Security Council “should not become a club of big or rich countries.” Chinese officials have long pushed for “equitable reform” of the Security Council “to boost its authority and efficiency, enhance its capacity to tackle global threats and challenges, and let it better fulfill its mandate prescribed in the UN Charter.” The Trump administration, which is generally antagonistic to the UN system, resists the idea of Security Council expansion.
The UK and France, meanwhile, favor expansion, but have called for permanent seats to be given to Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, in addition to “permanent African representation.” Reform along British and French lines would unlikely be to China’s liking, given that Germany, India and Japan all have fraught relations with Beijing.
For example, China may be Germany’s largest trading partner, but as a German Foreign Ministrystatementin early 2026 noted: “Fundamental differences of opinion do exist.
This is particularly the case with regard to human rights, especially individual freedoms, as well as regarding certain economic matters and questions concerning the validity of international law.” Japarov’s UN speech contained some notable nuggets concerning the United States, the UK and the European Union.
Without naming names, he castigated Washington, London and Brussels for what he portrayed as “unjustified” sanctions against Kyrgyzstan.
The EU imposed its first-ever “anti-circumvention” sanctions on Bishkek in April, prohibiting the export of certain dual-use electronic components.
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