{"id":47262,"date":"2024-09-05T11:46:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T11:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=47262"},"modified":"2024-09-05T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T11:46:14","slug":"un-secretary-general-requests-permanent-seat-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/05\/un-secretary-general-requests-permanent-seat-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Secretary-General Requests Permanent Seat For Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called on the urgent need to address \u201chistoric injustices,\u201d<\/i><\/em>\u00a0specifically pointing out the lack of a permanent seat for Africa on the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

Guterres described this omission as \u201coutrageous\u201d and stressed that the upcoming Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters later this month represents a crucial opportunity for global renewal and reform.<\/p>\n

In his address on China-Africa Cooperation Summit, where leaders from around 50 African countries are set to gather amid rising geopolitical tensions, raging conflicts and growing poverty and hunger.<\/p>\n

Guterres pointed out that many African nations are struggling with debt, hindering their ability to invest in sustainable development.<\/p>\n

He advocated for reforms in the international financial system to better support developing countries, particularly in Africa, in overcoming debt and investing in sustainable development. He recalled his proposals to reform \u201coutdated, ineffective and unfair international financial architecture\u201d<\/p>\n

He proposed increasing the lending capacity of multilateral development banks to provide affordable financing essential for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

Guterres highlighted that China\u2019s ongoing support for initiatives related to Africa as a key trading partner with Africa, particularly regarding the exchange of technology and skills between countries of the Global South projects as crucial.<\/p>\n

Guterres outlined a vision for the summit focused on preventing and addressing emerging global security threats, building on recent successes in African Union-led peace operations.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General emphasized the importance of South-South cooperation, advocating for stronger partnerships between China and Africa to drive progress in renewable energy, food systems, and digital connectivity. He emphasized that such cooperation, grounded in the principles of the UN Charter, can create momentum for African development and address global challenges effectively.<\/p>\n

Guterres affirmed the UN\u2019s commitment to supporting a robust China-Africa partnership to achieve peace, sustainable development, and human rights on a healthy planet.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Security Council currently consists of 15 members. Five of these are permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The remaining ten are non-permanent members, elected for two-year terms are Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Algeria and Mozambique are the two African countries in the council of non-permanent members, granting Africa a permanent seat would enhance the Security Council\u2019s legitimacy and ensure it better reflects the current global dynamics.<\/p>\n

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UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called on the urgent need to address \u201chistoric injustices,\u201d\u00a0specifically pointing out the lack of a permanent seat for Africa on the UN Security Council. Guterres described this omission as \u201coutrageous\u201d and stressed that the upcoming Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters later this month represents a crucial opportunity for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":47263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47264,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47262\/revisions\/47264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}