Africa Must Have a Voice in the UN Security Council - Uhuru The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must be reformed to represent Africas shared values and make its voice heard, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Uhuru said Africa, which provides a large share of the UNs security agenda has no voice in UNSC, terming the status discriminatory, unfair and unjust. He was speaking when opening the African Union Committee of Ten (C-10) on the UNSC Reform on Monday. Uhuru further said a considerable portion of the UNs global constituency is unrepresented and unheard in the administration of global affairs. He said the inequality and lack of democracy in representation have led to inconsistencies, inefficiency and the marginalisation of the worlds vulnerable communities, severely betraying the councils largest constituency- the less developed countries. A good instance of this betrayal and marginalisation is the africanization of tragedy. Conflict, disease, famine and natural disaster are constantly profiled as African, normal and undeserving serious global attention, he said Uhuru said UNSC, the principal organ responsible for maintaining international peace and security, best exemplifies a structure within the UN incompatible with the current realities of the world. It does not reflect the current world power distribution and geopolitical situation. The councils small size and exclusive nature, its relations with the General Assembly, its working methods and undemocratic nature, have become out of step with todays demands, he said. Uhuru said the council is ill adapted to fulfill its tasks and must refocus on the realisation of its founding objectives. Very often, the world has witnessed the over-represented members bargaining and haggling over their narrow national interests at the expense of the institutions mandate, even in the midst of global humanitarian crises, he said. He said the structural and normative issues obstruct the achievement of the founding objectives and frustrate the advancement of the UNSCs agenda to bring justice, sovereign equality, democracy and the protection of human rights to its neediest constituencies. Uhuru stressed that the world needs to remember that the collective humanity values are to be enshrined in the UNs supranational charter, and that these values need to be demonstrated and pursued collectively and consistently throughout the world allafrica
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:20:53 +0000
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