SAM Papers Turkey and The United Nations Reform: Turkey’s Case for a More Effective, Representative and Participatory United Nations

The SAM Paper claims that the existing UN system needs to be reformed due its shortcomings in responding to the security, economic and socio-cultural challenges facing the members of the UN especially in the post-Cold War period. The increasingly ineffective, unrepresentative and exclusionary character of the existing UN system seems to be the main factor behind the current crisis of the UN system. If supported by like-minded UN members, Turkey’s vision for UN reform has strong potential to enhance the capacity of the UN system to promote a more secure and prosperous, as well as multi-cultural and multi-civilizational international system.The SAM Paper particularly notes that it is very important to broaden the permanent membership positions of the UN Security Council (UNSC) by incorporating Turkey and other emerging powers, such as Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan into the UNSC as permanent members, since this could enhance the UNSC’s capacity to respond to crisis zones and enhance peace and stability throughout the world.