Spanish PM condemns Netanyahu ongoing genocide on Gaza

• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for abolishing veto power and reforming the UN Security Council to ensure fair global representation.
• Sánchez explicitly condemned Netanyahu's actions in Gaza as a genocide and highlighted Spain's total arms embargo on 'Israel'.
• He warned that peace and equal opportunity face threats from regressive forces, urging a return to UN Charter principles.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for a fundamental restructuring of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, advocating for equal regional representation and the total abolition of the veto power enjoyed by its permanent members.

Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, Sánchez argued that the structural privilege of the veto conflicts with foundational international principles.

"We need to reform the Security Council so that all of the regions in the world have fair representation, and so that we can do away with the right of veto of the permanent members," Sánchez declared before the assembly. "Because as the UN Charter sets out, 'no country should be a judge in its own case, no matter how powerful they are.'"

Sánchez reiterates arms embargo on 'Israel' 

Detailing Spain's foreign policy measures, Prime Minister Sánchez emphasized that Madrid has taken every possible action to counter policies that violate the UN Charter.

He specifically cited Spain's enforcement of sanctions against Russia alongside its active arms embargo against the 'Israeli' government.

Sánchez used his address to directly criticize the 'Israeli' military campaign in Palestine. He reaffirmed Spain's "unequivocal" condemnation of the "genocide that ('Israeli' Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is still perpetrating in Gaza."

Turning to global security, the Spanish prime minister cautioned that core values underpinning global stability face systemic threats.

He warned that peace, sustainability, and equal opportunities are "being attacked" by political actors and governments attempting to force a return to a "dark past."

"I don't need to point them out. We all know who they are and what their modus operandi is," Sánchez noted.

Concluding his address, Sánchez reaffirmed that multilateralism remains the sole viable framework for managing global interdependence, calling on international leaders to rebuild trust in the United Nations and strengthen its institutions.