By RFIPosted on 14-01-2020Modified on 14-01-2020 at 11:40

This is the position reaffirmed this Monday in Senegal, during a meeting of foreign ministers of the "C10", the committee of 10 heads of state and government of the African Union on the reform of the Security Council. "A legitimate emergency," according to Senegalese President Macky Sall.

Two permanent seats with veto power and two additional non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council , this is what African countries are demanding. For Cessouma Minata Samate, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union, it is a question of " repairing a historical injustice ".

" The African continent has suffered the most from this injustice of the system since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, when the majority of African states were still under the yoke of colonization, " said Cessouma Minata Samate.

A “ fundamental ” question for Macky Sall

The world has changed, the Security Council must adapt, according to the Committee. A “fundamental” question for Senegalese President Macky Sall: “ Today, Africa has the largest number of members of the United Nations, with fifty-four member states. Furthermore, African issues occupy most of the agenda of the Security Council. However, we cannot solve African problems without Africans. "

And for a more " inclusive and more democratic " Security Council, Macky Sall insisted, Africa must be " united " and " united ". This position, consolidated in Dakar, will be recalled at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa next month.

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