UN WAITS FOR SAUDI OFFICIAL REJECTION LETTER OF MEMBERSHIP IN SECURITY COUNCIL

New York, 14 Dhul Hijja 1434/19 October 2013 (MINA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations confirmed on Friday that they has not received any official notification in this regard from the Kingdom about rejection membership of Saudi Arabia in UN Security Council.

The Kingdom in a vote of UN General Assembly on Thursday, was selected as one of 10 non-permanent members of Security Council. But Riyadh refused the position expressed by accusing UN is not effective in dealing with international conflicts.

Carried out of Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic reluctance is regarded as the first reaction by a state to withdraw from the UN Security Council in New York.

“We have not yet received a formal note or any formal language in the terms of any type of communication from Saudi Arabia,“ Afaf Konja a spokesperson for President of UN General Assembly (UNGA) John Ashe confirmed to Anadolu Agency in New York.

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“It is unclear what the exact step Saudi Arabia has or will take in terms of its seat at the Security Council,” Konja added, Anadolu Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Talking very briefly to the press on his way to the Security Council Ban Ki-moon said he would like to “encourage all Member States to fully engage with the principal organs of the United Nations while advancing their efforts to improve their working methods.”

But the UN Secretary General also said — it is up to the UN member states to decide on their participation in the work of the Security Council and other UN bodies.

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Many were caught by surprise with Saudi Arabia’s decision to give up its seat at the UN Security Council, Mr. Abdelkader Abbadi, former director of the UN Department for Security Council told AA. He added – he couldn’t recall – that one member state went to refuse its place in the Security Council that she campaigned for UN reforms are at stake.

He said it could mean that Saudi Arabia want to show that they are, among the other things – unhappy with the reforms of the UN Security Council.

The UN Secretary General stressed Friday that the World Organization is looking forward to working very closely with Saudi Arabia.

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Masood Haider, a long serving UN correspondent for daily “Dawn” in Pakistan told that Saudi Arabia has invested itself in the Security Council to handle the Palestinian issue, which is not solved at the UN for the last almost 60 years.

Then, there is an issue of the nuclear arsenal which is owned by Israel, and they have not said it openly and named Israel but everybody knows the Security council is not being able to resolve it, including what is going on in Syria. And Saudis are not happy with that. (T/P09/E1).

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).