UNITED NATIONS, September 24. /TASS/. A reform of the UN Security Council is necessary under the present-day circumstances and should ensure better representation of African nations in the organization’s main decision-making body, enezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said.

"Today, we see how many agencies, programs, and funds of the United Nations system fail to fulfil their mandates and end up being instrumentalized by the interests of the United States of America and its allies. We must reform the organization to make it a democratic institution where all members have a voice and participate in decisionmaking on equal terms," he told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

In his opinion, it is "necessary to advance in the reform of the Security Council to correct historical imbalances and provide greater representation to our mother Africa in that important body."

The top Venezuelan diplomat said that BRICS actions have a positive effect on promoting multilateral approaches in global affairs.

"Free peoples are building a New World Order. This new multipolar and multilateral world of peace and economic prosperity, free from hegemony, anchored in the United Nations Charter, must be based on the values of true multilateralism, international cooperation, and solidarity. In this regard, we recognize the contribution of the BRICS group, which Venezuela aspires to join, to the current global geopolitics and the democratization of international relations," the minister added.