Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday denounced the structure of the U.N. Security Council

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday denounced the structure of the U.N. Security Council, criticizing the permanent seats and veto power granted to a limited number of nations.


Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly's annual debate session, Gadhafi called for world unity in confronting global crises such as climate change and food shortages.

But he elaborated on what he believes is the unfairness of the structure of the Security Council, which has five permanent members -- the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain. Each of those nations has veto power.

"No one is objecting to the preamble [of the U.N. charter], but everything that came after that is contradiction of the preamble," he said through an interpreter. "The preamble says the nations are equal whether they are small or big. Are we equal in permanent seats? No, we're not equals." Video Watch Gadhafi demand equality »

Citing the history of colonization and persecution of Africans, he said there needs to be a permanent African presence on the body, calling that a "priority" for the United Nations.

He also said that despite the fact that the United Nations says there should be no resorting to military force unless it is a collective decision, 65 wars broke out after the establishment of the United Nations, and the Security Council didn't do anything to stop the conflicts.

Gadhafi said the Security Council hasn't provided security, but "terror and sanctions."

He slammed U.S. military actions in places like Korea, Vietnam, and Grenada. He called the invasion of Iraq "the mother of all evils," criticizing the hanging of deposed leader Saddam Hussein and the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

He also said there should be investigations into many incidents, such as the Afghan war, the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp during the Lebanese civil war, Israel's Gaza offensive, and the killings in the 1960s of former President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Gadhafi also broached the idea of taking the U.N. headquarters out of the United States and putting it in another location.

Have none of you ever wondered why the U.N. seems so weak when it comes to stopping wars? Try looking at the permanent members of the Security Council for starters. We've got major arms manufacturers in America, China, Israel, who do not want to see business slow down. Gadhafi sees no Muslim nations on the permanent Security Council and even China has a vested interest in supporting Zionists because China is doing to Tibet what European Jews with Security Council nation's blessings did to Palestine: mass immigration in order to take over the native population. The U.N. cannot be a democratic organization until all member states are equal in voting on critical issues. Until all states are equal, the U.N. remains a puppet of the permanent Security Council member states.