Ruto pushes UN, financial reforms to give developing nations a bigger voice
- President Bola Tinubu, speaking through Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, demanded two permanent African seats on the Security Council with full veto rights.
- Tinubu argued the world of 2026 cannot remain captive to the power distribution of 1945, noting Africa cannot continue to fill the Council's agenda while remaining absent from its permanent membership.
- In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, Nigeria demanded two permanent seats for Africa, including veto power, alongside five non-permanent seats in total for equitable representation.
- The President emphasized that diplomacy must prevail over coercion to spare succeeding generations from the devastation of war, noting no nation is insulated from global instability consequences.
- Through ECOWAS and the African Union, Nigeria remains committed to regional solidarity, contributing to peacekeeping in Darfur and Mali while bearing a heavy climate burden despite contributing under 4% of global emissions.
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Africa currently has no permanent representative on 15-member Security Council
World can’t be governed by 1945 power structure in 2026 — Tinubu tells UN
President Bola Tinubu has renewed calls for comprehensive reforms of the United Nations, insisting that the Security Council must be restructured to grant Africa permanent representation. Speaking through Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tinubu argued that the current global power structure no longer […] World can’t be governed by 1945 power structure in 2026 — Tinubu tells UN
Kenya's Ruto calls for permanent African representation on UN Security Council
In his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, William Ruto lamented Africa's exclusion from permanent representation on the UN Security Council, despite accounting for more than a quarter of the assembly's membership.
Africa: Equality 'Ends At the Doors of the Security Council', Kenya's Ruto Tells General Assembly
Kenyan President William Ruto told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the sovereign equality the UN proclaims is contradicted by its own structures, urging Member States to reform the Security Council and an international financial system "built for another age".
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