IN AN international world order whose multipolarity has been systematically undermined by the rise of Western-led unilateralism, developing states have been held hostage by their wealthier counterparts.
The UN Charter, which was founded on the principle of equality and consensus, has been substituted in our contemporary times by the so-called “rules-based world order”.
For the global south, or majority world, there has been little or no room for ventilation. Although the global governance system appears perfectly acceptable on paper, beneath the surface there has been growing discontentment.
Vocal nations such as South Africa, Brazil and others have called for the reformation of the UN system, particularly the UN Security Council, where global unilateralists such as the US, the UK and France often exercise their archaic veto power to maintain their stranglehold on the international order.
I paint the above picture in juxtaposition to the rise of the BRICS bloc, which evidently threatens Western hegemony. Premised around the powerful G7
