Austria Wants to Join the UN Security Council: Meinl-Reisinger Launches Campaign in New York

PeopleOther ♦ Published: March 26, 2025; 23:27 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) has launched the official campaign for Austria's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2027/28 in New York. She used emphatic words to call for the preservation of the rules-based international order and campaigned for Austria's renewed entry into the most powerful body of the United Nations.

Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger emphasized the importance of a rules-based international order and wants Austria to return to the UN Security Council. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Michael Gruber / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

“It would be particularly dangerous for countries the size of Austria if the law of the strongest were to prevail over the security of the law at the international level,” Meinl-Reisinger emphasized in her speech to the Security Council. Austria's candidacy is patriotically motivated and aims to assume responsibility in the concert of the great powers. “We want to be a reliable…