The governments of Mozambique and Ghana on Wednesday 30 August called for reforms to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, reiterating that Africa needs a permanent member of the body.
The two countries, which are currently among the non-permanent members, expressed this position during a meeting of the Mozambique-Ghana Joint Commission, held in Maputo and attended by the Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, and the Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo.
“We are working together on a keynote to implement reforms in the Council. We don’t think it’s fair that a continent doesn’t have a permanent member on that body,” she emphasised.
According to the minister, the continent needs to be well represented, so that the voice and interests of the other African countries can be heard.
The Security Council, a United Nations body whose aim is to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security, is made up of 15 members, five of whom are permanent and have veto power (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America) and ten of whom are non-permanent.
