ZAMBIA TO HOST AU MINISTERIAL MEETING ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
Zambia is set to host the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the African Union Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (C-10) on the Reform of the United Nations Security Council.
The meeting will take place from 3rd to 5th June, 2025, at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre.
Foreign Ministers from the ten C-10 member states, including Sierra Leone, Kenya, Uganda, the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Namibia, Equatorial Guinea, the State of Libya, the Democratic Republic of Algeria and Zambia, are expected to participate.
President Hakainde Hichilema is scheduled to officially open the meeting on 4th June, 2025.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mulambo Haimbe, stated that the meeting would assess progress on the Common African Position regarding the reform of the United Nations Security Council, based on previous deliberations by the C-10.
He explained that, in line with the Committee’s mandate, C-10 Foreign Ministers meet annually to strengthen Africa’s collective advocacy for a more equitable and representative Security Council.
Ahead of the Ministerial Meeting, a session of the Permanent Representatives of C-10 Member States to the African Union and the United Nations will be held on 3rd June, 2025.
Is this really a priority for Africa? Someone needs to convince me how one or more permanent seats on the UN Security Council will make Africa a better continent to live in than it is. The UN does not run or govern nations. Permanent UN Security Council membership is demanding. Occasionally it demands ability to project military force around the world. Which African country has that capacity? The AU has resident multilateral body on the continent has failed to bring peace to eastern DRC and Sudan. Is it lack of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council that’s stopping Africa from being assertive even on purely African issues? Even the Arab League, some of whose members are also in the AU, is just as impotent. Yes, African foreign ministers will meet in Lusaka and that’s where it will end.
By the way, why’s Kenya walking alone in Haiti? Where are other African countries? I understand what prompted President William Ruto to send an intervention paramilitary police force to Haiti. But where’s the AU’s position? Gimme a break!