Saudi Arabia Rejects UN Security Council Seat

Saudi Arabia has refused to accept its seat on the UN Security Council, saying the international body is incapable of resolving world conflicts.

The snub came hours after the country, along with Chad and Nigeria, was elected to serve a two-year term on the Security Council as human rights groups called for all three countries to improve their records.

It is the second time this month that Saudi Arabia has publicly expressed discontent over what it sees as the UN's failure to stop the bloodshed in Syria.

In a statement, carried on state news agency SPA, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the Council had allowed President Bashar al Assad's regime to continue killing Syrians, including with chemical weapons, without punishment.

"The Kingdom sees that the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace," it said.

Syrian rebels battle with Assad's forces in Aleppo

Saudi Arabia also said the UN had not been able to end more than four decades of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and had failed to transform the Middle East into an area free of weapons of mass destruction.

It said it was unable to take its seat until reforms were introduced, but did not specify what changes it wanted.

The Security Council has been split on how to handle the civil war in Syria, with Western leaders pushing for stronger sanctions against Mr Assad and Russia vetoing the demands.

Saudi Arabia has backed the rebels in the conflict, which has seen at least 100,000 people killed.

Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners from jail

The Saudis, along with other Arab states, have criticised the US for blocking international action to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands seized in the 1967 Middle East war.

Earlier this month, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud al Faisal, cancelled a speech at the UN General Assembly in frustration over international inaction on Syria and the Palestinian issue, a diplomatic source said.

Saudi Arabia has long been criticised by rights groups.

In its 2013 report on the country, Amnesty International said authorities "severely restricted" freedoms of expression, political activists were detained without trial and migrant workers were exploited and abused.

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