{"id":86980,"date":"2025-09-29T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:52:00","slug":"gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Advocates for Africa&#8217;S UN Security Council Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Gambia has joined growing calls for Africa to be given permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council, describing the continent\u2019s exclusion as a \u201chistorical injustice\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 80th UN General Assembly, Vice President Mohammed Jallow said Africa\u2019s absence from the council\u2019s permanent membership undermines the body\u2019s credibility. \u201cThe UN reform agenda will remain incomplete without reform of the Security Council. Africa\u2019s under-representation in both the permanent and non-permanent categories is a historical injustice that needs urgent correction,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<p>He noted Africa\u2019s contribution to global peace and security, recalling the sacrifices of African soldiers during the world wars. \u201cAfricans paid a high price for participating in the two World Wars. The time has come for the international community to support Africa\u2019s call for meaningful representation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jallow restated The Gambia\u2019s support for the Common African Position on Security Council reform, outlined in the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration, which demand at least two permanent seats with veto powers and five non-permanent seats for Africa. He also praised the African Union\u2019s Committee of Ten, led by Sierra Leone, for keeping the issue on the global agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Other African leaders echoed the demand at this year\u2019s assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Because Charter reform requires approval by two-thirds of UN member states and ratification by all five permanent members, meaningful change faces major hurdles. Africa accounts for most of the Security Council\u2019s agenda items and supplies the largest share of UN peacekeepers, yet has no permanent seat. The leaders contended that the system reflects post-1945 geopolitics, when most African states were still under colonial rule.<\/p>\n<p>Jallow said granting Africa permanent representation is a matter of principle. \u201cDoing so will guarantee the council\u2019s legitimacy and credibility as the body responsible for maintaining international peace and security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia has joined growing calls for Africa to be given permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council, describing the continent\u2019s exclusion as a \u201chistorical injustice\u201d. Speaking at the 80th UN General Assembly, Vice President Mohammed Jallow said Africa\u2019s absence from the council\u2019s permanent membership undermines the body\u2019s credibility. \u201cThe UN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gambia Advocates for Africa&#039;S UN Security Council Seats - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia has joined growing calls for Africa to be given permanent representation on the United Nations Security Co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambia Advocates for Africa&#039;S UN Security Council Seats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gambia has joined growing calls for Africa to be given permanent representation on the United Nations Security Co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T17:18:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T18:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1759159280.412913.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gambia Advocates for Africa&#8217;S UN Security Council Seats\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T17:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-29T18:52:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1759159280.412913.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-advocates-for-africas-un-security-council-seats\",\"name\":\"Gambia Advocates for Africa'S UN Security Council Seats - 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