 "Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council")
Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the UN Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts.
The move came just hours after the kingdom was elected as one of the Council's 10 non-permanent members.
In a statement carried today by the official Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi Foreign Ministry says the Council has failed in its duties toward Syria.
The Ministry also says the Council has not been able to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over the past decades and has failed to transform the Middle East into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction.
The move came just hours after the kingdom was elected as one of the Council's 10 non-permanent members.
In a statement carried today by the official Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi Foreign Ministry says the Council has failed in its duties toward Syria.
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It says this alleged failure enabled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to perpetrate the killings of its people, including with chemical weapons, without facing any deterrents or punishment.
The Ministry also says the Council has not been able to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over the past decades and has failed to transform the Middle East into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction.
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