United States of America has declared her readiness to support the creation of two permanent seats for Africa on United Nations (UN) Security Council.
Gatekeepers News reports that US ambassador to UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said this on Thursday, while delivering a speech to the council on foreign relations.
She also said the US will support the inclusion of a first-ever non-permanent seat for a small developing island nation.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every year, elects five new members from different geographical zones for two-year terms on the 15-member council. Africa has three rotational seats in the council.
The ambassador said, “The problem is these elected seats don’t enable African countries to deliver the full benefit of their knowledge and voices to the work of the council, to consistently lead on the challenges that affect all of us — and disproportionately affect Africa:”
Linda told the course on foreign relations,” For years, countries have been calling for a more inclusive and a more representative council, one that reflects the demographics of today’s world and better respond to the challenges that we face today.”
The US ambassador noted that Africa’s exclusion from the council is a disservice to the continent.
She added, “That is why, in addition to non-permanent membership for African countries, the United States supports creating two permanent seats for Africa on the council.”
“It’s what our African partners seek, and it’s what we believe is just.”
