At the extraordinary BRICS summit, held virtually on September 7-8, 2025, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivered a sharp critique of the current global system. He spoke of “flagrant dualism” of global politics and the entrenched failures of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi critiqued global governance at the BRICS summit held virtually on September 7-8, 2025.
- He condemned the ‘flagrant dualism’ in international politics and inefficiencies of the UN Security Council.
- El-Sisi linked global instability to these dual standards and called for reforms in international systems.
- Egypt has previously advanced proposals for changing the UN Security Council’s structure, such as revising veto-power practices.
During the virtual meeting with other heads of state, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized the occasion to discuss inconsistencies within the UN Security Council.
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“Today the international landscape is plunged into flagrant dualism in terms of double standards, blatant violations of the provisions of International law with extreme indifference and without accountability… Such degradations undermine the foundations of international peace and security,” President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stated.
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“Given such regression, it’s not surprising to see crises, aggression, conflicts flare up and war eruptions as well as the perpetration of heinous crimes…” he noted, openly connecting these inadequacies to the global increase in instability.
“Such a deteriorating reality has weakened the efficiency of joint international action and UN agencies to contend with urgent issues requiring the highest level of coordination and collaboration… This has a direct adverse impact on the state’s confidence in the UN’s system, particularly the poor performance of the Security Council,” the Egyptian leader went on to add.
Egypt’s call for reforms in the UN Security Council
The Egyptian president’s remarks come amid a renewed Egyptian request for broad reforms to the UN Security Council.
On September 3, only days before the BRICS conference, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia, urging immediate changes to the UN’s power structure.
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Abdelatty stated that the Security Council’s veto method is no longer viable in today’s broken globe, as seen in the North African Post.
He advocated for either the enlargement of veto powers to include new permanent members or the entire removal of the veto, emphasizing that Arab, African, and Islamic states require true participation at the highest levels of global government.
Failure to reform, he said, will hasten the decline of global faith in international law and multilateralism, especially if double standards in conflict resolution continue to deepen dissatisfaction.
