340 Journal of the Spanisch Institute for Strategic Studies N. 3 / 2014 the existence of a vital national interest of one of the permanent members be assumed and recognised by at least one other member, this would be a formulation of a political nature. However, it would reflect the attempt to achieve greater objectification in the implementation of the safeguard clause, which the “must” would advise ignoring, as such. C) We should not be too optimistic about this most useful and timely proposal. Not even with the safeguard clause (that I feel should be eliminated), do the other permanent members of the Council seem willing to debate the subject and accept what is proposed. The following example is useful in this respect: on the 5 February 2013, the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gennady Gatilov, made a declaration to the Russian press in which he stated that Russia was prepared to accept any proposal for reform of the composition of the Council that had majority backing54. He made these declarations following the ministerial meeting in Rome, on the initiative of Spain and Italy, that had as its objective discussions on the reform of the Security Council, its working methods and decision-making processes. Regarding the Council’s decision-making methods, the Russian Deputy Minister was less conciliatory, however: without expressly referring to this issue, he explained Russia’s position – a permanent member of the Security Council – on possible self-limitation of the right of veto in certain areas: “The imposition of provisional limits for decision-making is, however, unacceptable. This is a delicate issue whose solution could lead to a disintegration of countries instead of improving the efficiency of the Security Council, with clear negative consequences”55. 4. Security Council Resolution 2127 (2013) on the Central African Republic: a possible change of direction? Regarding the serious crisis in the Central African Republic, despite an important but failed – in its objectives – intervention from the side of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), based on terms such as “pregenocide”, it should 54 “Russia maintains a flexible and pragmatic position in this regard (…) we are prepared to consider both the option of increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members, as well as the so-called ‘intermediate’ model that would involve an increase only in the number of non-permanent members”. 55 “Russia supports a reform of the UN Security Council”, pp. 1-2, www.rusiahoy.com, 7 February 2013 (Consulted: 8 December 2013).
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