Kenya's Ambassador to the United Nations, Martin Kimani, has called out European countries for militarising their responses to wars especially the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement issued at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Friday, July 29, the diplomat noted that the militarisation of interventions posed a bigger threat to global peace.
He explained that the majority of the countries were forming alliances to compete against each other.
Kimani explained that the move would adversely affect countries in Africa that have been undergoing economic turmoil since the start of the war in Ukraine.
"The European security order is in ruins. It has been replaced by military-political alliances preparing for war and trying to deter and contain one another. The situation in Europe today is a dire threat to international peace and security.
"Its great power alliances and their projections of power are endangering the stability of the Korean Peninsula and the South China Sea, to mention just two potential flashpoints. The escalation of the present competition and rivalry can easily escalate into a conflict that will lay waste to the world economy, and lead to the proxy wars of the Cold War," read the statement in part.
The Kenyan representative added that the competition led to the weaponisation of technology.
"There is now as great, if not a greater, chance for cutting-edge technologies, like artificial intelligence, leading to even more destructive wars more than being engines for shared prosperity," Kimani lamented.
To this effect, he urged the UNSG to come up with interventions that would see the unnecessary competition come to an end and stabilise a majority of the countries.
Additionally, he called on foreign countries to help the African governments explore their potential in industrialization, specifically in agricultural production.
"If the great powers want to make their case to Africa, they should start by partnering with us to deliver fertiliser independence and gains in our agricultural productivity," he added.
