UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres backs Security Council reform.
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will announce on Thursday.
The push for two permanent African seats and a rotating seat for small island developing states is in addition to Washington’s long-held support for India, Japan and Germany to also get permanent seats on the council. The Security Council is charged with maintaining international peace and security and has the power to impose sanctions and arms embargos and authorize the use of force.
The 193-member UN General Assembly has annually discussed reform of the Security Council for more than a decade. Thomas-Greenfield told Reuters she could not say how long it might take to get the General Assembly to vote on such a resolution.
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