United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday vowed to ensure that Africa has two permanent seats on the Security Council before his tenure ends, in December 2026. He explained to the press in Pretoria, South Africa, during a visit: “At the present moment, we have, I would say, a consensus of the P5 [five permanent members] that two permanent African members should exist in the Security Council. So, the most difficult obstacle is overcome.”
A day earlier, Guterres had told reporters that a committee working in the General Assembly on the reform of the Security Council is “working seriously…. I am hopeful that I will not finish my mandate as secretary-general without seeing African permanent members in the Security Council.”
