Alwaght- Russia’s plan and persistence on restructuring the Security Council are aimed to change the Western majority of the Security Council, and other members such as the BRICS countries which intellectually and politically agree with the Russia, can get into the Security Council. A recent speech made by Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and insistence of Gennady Gatilov, Deputy Foreign Minister, on the need for the implementation of structural changes in Security Council also mainly put more emphasis on this idea. However, change and reform in the structure of the Security Council have been discussed for many years and are generally rejected by the permanent members of the Security Council. To the extent that over the last few years, the plan was also proposed by India, Brazil, Germany and some other powerful countries.
However, one may wonder why Russia has once again put forward the plan and insists on it. This could be explained based on two main factors. First, it is of global importance, and the majority of emerging powers close to Russia have also emphasized on this plan at various stages. Therefore, Russia is going to get strengthen its position in line with the rest of the world powers.
The second point is the fact that the current structure of the Security Council is established in a way that generally the Western countries comprise the majority, and Russia is at odds with these countries and even sometimes they are in conflict over some issues, to the extent that in the last few years, we have been witness to the fact that Russia has been forced to vote against some issues or abstain. This seems to have disrupted the general policies of Russia.
When Russia votes against something in the Security Council, the Western media immediately level criticism against the country. On the contrary, when Russia abstains, a number of pro-Russian countries are deeply distressed, and these conditions put Russia in a political limbo in the international level.
In such circumstances, if Russia's recent efforts are proved fruitful, there would be closer coordination among members of the Security Council and Russia, and the Western members of the Security Council can no longer undermine Russia as before.
Permanent members should vote in favor of any plan that is supposed to introduce and implement a change in the structure of the Security Council; and on the other hand, Russia intends to collaborate with some countries that seek changes in the Security Council. Nevertheless, in the current conditions, such a plan is quite unlikely to be approved for implementation.
