議長国ブラジル、国連改革に決意　Ｇ２０外相会合が開幕

　【リオデジャネイロ時事】２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）外相会合が２１日、ブラジル南東部リオデジャネイロで開幕した。議長国ブラジルのビエイラ外相は冒頭、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻や混迷を深める中東情勢に対し、国連安全保障理事会が「機能不全」に陥っており「容認できない」と指摘。「こうした無策の状態が、罪のない人々の命の喪失に直接つながっている」として、国連など国際機関の改革に強い決意を示した。
　Ｇ２０は安保理常任理事国５カ国と、安保理改革を目指しグループを構成する日本、ブラジル、ドイツ、インドが参加。ブラジルは１１月の首脳会議で、国際機関の改革に関する合意を目指している。（2024/02/22-10:06）

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira expressed his commitment to the reform of global institutions including the United Nations at the outset of a meeting of the Group of 20 foreign ministers Wednesday.
   The U.N. Security Council has fallen into "unacceptable paralysis" over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the deepening crisis in the Middle East, Vieira said, adding that the state of inaction directly leads to "further loss of innocent lives."
   The G-20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by Brazil, brought together emerging and advanced nations including the five permanent members of the Security Council, as well as Japan, Brazil, Germany and India, which form a group seeking to realize Security Council reform.
   Brazil aims to achieve an agreement on the reform of global institutions including the United Nations at the G-20 summit slated for November.
   It is unclear, however, whether G-20 members will be able to have full-fledged discussions on the reform as differences in their views on the global situation became more apparent.