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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>UN chief Anto\u0301nio Guterres has called for Africa to be given a permanent seat at the UN Security Council as part of reforms to correct historical injustices.<\/p>\n

The Security Council – the five permanent members of which are China, France, Russia, the UK and the US – has long been criticised for representing the realities that prevailed at the end of World War Two when much of Africa was still under colonial rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world has changed since 1945. But the composition of the Council, despite a few changes, has not kept pace,\u201d Mr Guterres said.<\/p>\n

The 10 non-permanent members of the body are allocated by region, but unlike the five permanent members, they do not have the power of veto.<\/p>\n

The African Union has long been pushing for the continent to have two permanent representatives on the council and an additional two seats as non-permanent representatives.<\/p>\n

The debate on Monday was convened by Sierra Leone – and its President Julius Maada Bio made the case for the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time for half-measures and incremental progress is over. Africa must be heard, and its demands for justice and equity must be met,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The UN Security Council has significant responsibilities, including authorising peacekeeping operations, imposing international sanctions and determining how the UN should respond to conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n

Other UN officials echoed the sentiments for reform, including Dennis Francis – the president of the UN General Assembly, as well as Mr Guterres.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot accept that the world\u2019s preeminent peace and security body lacks a permanent voice for a continent of well over a billion people – a young and rapidly growing population – making up 28% of the membership of the United Nations,\u201d the UN chief said.<\/p>\n

Africa was under-represented at the UN Security Council and international financial institutions but \u201cover-represented in the very challenges these structures are designed to address\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Africa has often been at the centre of conflicts fuelled by greed for the continent\u2019s resources, necessary to the global economy, Mr Guterres said.<\/p>\n

He also pointed out that almost half of all UN peacekeeping operations were in Africa and 40% of UN peacekeepers were African.<\/p>\n

The UN chief added that the body had failed to adequately align African representation with the continent\u2019s efforts and contributions.<\/p>\n

The UN was set up after the end of World War Two to spare succeeding generations from the scourge of armed conflict.<\/p>\n

Only four African nations – Egypt, Liberia, Ethiopia, and South Africa – were amongst the founding members.<\/p>\n

For Mr Guterres, the need for change was not only about ethics and justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also a strategic imperative that can increase global acceptance of the council\u2019s decisions – benefitting Africa and the world,” he said.<\/p>\n

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