国連改革の必要性で一致　Ｇ２０外相会合、閉幕―ブラジル

　【リオデジャネイロ時事】ブラジル南東部リオデジャネイロで開かれていた２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）外相会合は最終日の２２日、国連など国際機関を改革する必要があるという認識で一致して閉幕した。議長を務めたビエイラ外相が閉幕後に声明を読み上げた。声明は、特に国連安全保障理事会に「新たな常任理事国と非常任理事国を加える」ことを伴う改革について議論を進める必要があると指摘した。
　今回の会合では、国連総会に合わせて９月にニューヨークで２回目のＧ２０外相会合を開くことも承認された。Ｇ２０以外の国連加盟国を交えて幅広い改革議論につなげたい考えだ。日本はブラジルなどと連携して安保理改革を求めてきており、議論に弾みがつくか注目される。（2024/02/23-05:48）

Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended a two-day meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday with an agreement on the importance of overhauling international organizations, including the United Nations.
   A joint statement adopted at the gathering pointed to the need to advance discussions on reforms such as adding new permanent and nonpermanent members to the U.N. Security Council.
   Participants agreed to hold the second meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in New York in September in line with the U.N. General Assembly session starting that month in the U.S. city. They are apparently aiming to promote wide-ranging discussions on the reform of the United Nations among U.N. member countries including those outside the G-20 framework.
   Japan, a member of the G-20 forum and one of the Group of Seven major industrial nations, is teaming up with Brazil and other nations to revamp the U.N. Security Council.
   At the first-day meeting Wednesday, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira voiced concern over "the unacceptable paralysis" of the U.N. organ regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as the situation in the Palestinian territory of Gaza amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, expressing his country's resolve to reform international organizations as this year's chair of the G-20 forum.