OREANDA-NEWS Dmitry Polyansky, the first deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, called the current composition of the organization's Security Council unrepresentative, since more than half of the countries represent the Western camp. His words are quoted by Izvestia.

"Everyone understands that the current composition of the Security Council is very strange, it is unrepresentative. There are about eight countries in the current composition - this is the Western camp. That is, it is more than half of the members of the Security Council, and if you look at the map, we will see that Western countries do not have such weight in world affairs and the economy," the diplomat said.

According to him, this is an anachronism, but Western countries do not share this point of view. Polyansky noted that several proposals have been put forward to change the Security Council, in particular, a number of countries are calling for doubling the number of states that make up it. Moscow, in turn, believes that there should be a little more than 20 member countries, he added.

However, according to the diplomat, in this case one of the main bodies risks "turning into a continuous talker." "As for the veto, it is not so much a right as a huge responsibility, including a privilege. Without the right of veto, I do not see the UN and its future," he concluded.

Earlier, Polyansky said that the transfer of the UN headquarters from New York is possible, but this will require two-thirds of the votes in the General Assembly. At the same time, he clarified that small and developing countries, which are the majority, are unlikely to take such a step.