South Africa is seen by many as well placed to argue the case of the developing world’s desire for greater representation on the international stage
South Africa n president Cyril Ramaphosa: unequivocal about the failings of the world’s global governance structures. Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images“Placing the fate of the world’s security in the hands of a select few when it is the vast majority who bear the brunt of these threats is unjust, unfair and unsustainable,” he told the UN General Assembly delegates in New York, where the assembled nations adopted the Pact of the Future in advance of the summit.
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From the perspective of the Global South, South Africa is seen by many as well placed to argue the case of the developing world’s desire for greater representation in the multilateral system because of its history. According to Alex Benkenstein, a programme manager at the South African Institute of International Affairs, the emergence and expansion of the Brics group of nations last year has led to concerns in the West that it represents a fundamental fracture in the global international system.
In addition, Benkenstein said many Brics members retain strong relationships with Global North powers, and in this sense choosing to join the group is not a decision to break with the West in any fundamental way.
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