The Secretary-General of United Nations General Assembly, Maria Espinosa has said there was no consensus on the UN Security Council reform even 10 years after the mandate to negotiate the reform took place.
Espinosa disclosed this after she met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
She explained that member countries have different views and different positions regarding the reform.
“As we know, we need consensus to advance reforms. This is one of the issues where my work as the president is to lead to make sure that we agree on the fundamentals to ensure that the process is inclusive and transparent.
“That the outcome of the reform is going to depend very much on the political will of member states themselves. Then of course, the African position is well known and there are also different groups that also have different positions, we are trying to bring them together and find a common denominator.
“And the common denominator is that the security council has to deliver more and better because they have the main responsibility to deliver on peace and security agenda of the organization”.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari says the assistance of the UN and the international community will be invaluable in reversing the devastation visited on Nigeria by the Boko Haram insurgency.
President Buhari observed that the condition of internally displaced persons in the country was pathetic.
He added that damage to infrastructure, particularly in the north-east, had been horrendous, saying that, “bridges have been blown up, schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, and other buildings have been destroyed.
“All these will be rehabilitated, and every form of international help is welcome.”