Ghana renews call for Africa’s permanent seat on UN Security Council: Video
Ghana has reiterated its longstanding demand for Africa to be granted permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling the current exclusion of the continent from the world’s most powerful decision-making body a “historical injustice.”
At a press briefing, Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, noted that Africa, home to 54 countries and over 1.4 billion people, is the only inhabited continent without a permanent seat on the UNSC.
“The African Union’s Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration clearly express Africa’s united stance. The continent demands at least two permanent seats with veto power, in addition to more non-permanent seats,” he noted.
Ghana also praised Germany for its consistent support for Security Council reform and Africa’s inclusion. “We commend President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German government for their principled stand,” President Mahama said.
Calling on the international community to go beyond declarations, he urged all nations to take concrete steps to reform the Security Council, making it “more representative, democratic and legitimate.”
The Security Council has 15 members, five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - who hold veto power, and ten non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for staggered two-year terms.
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