US wants seats for Africa at UNSC – with a catch

The US propulsion to make seats for Africa connected the UN Security Council – without veto powerfulness – is “an insult to 1.4 cardinal Africans,” argues the erstwhile African Union ambassador to the US, Arikana Chihombori-Quao.

Since the instauration of the UN successful 1945, the Permanent Five (China, Russia, France, UK and US) person retained the close to artifact immoderate Security Council resolution. Other countries person been allowed to articulation the Council, but lone temporarily, and with nary veto.

Chihombori tells big Steve Clemons it’s tantamount to “inviting Africa to the array and past asking them to stay mute.”