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South African gov’t calls for permanent African seats in UNSC
The South African government on Monday appealed for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform and inclusion of Africa with at least two permanent seats.
The appeal was made by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane after hosting President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremic in the administrative capital of Pretoria.
“We have taken a very clear position that there will be no change without us because 70 percent of the issues taken to the UNSC and are tabled for discussion are about us,” she stressed.
Currently, the 54-nation African continent has a representation of only three non-permanent members without veto power in the UNSC.
The South African official Bua news agency on Monday pointed out that the minister’s call for change came amid an on-going debate that Africa should be given a seat in the UNSC.
“The current composition of the UNSC does not reflect the realities of the 21th century. If the institution does not keep up with the times and environment, the UNSC will become slowly but surely irrelevant,” the president said.
South Africa has made it plain to the world in the recent years that it expects to gain a permanent seat as the UN implements its reform on its Security Council. But still to say, that a consensus over African countries should be done, since South Africa is still not integrating the African continental interests as a part of its own national security headlines.
