UN resumes debates to reform the Security Council

A plenary meeting on the topic will expand discussions regarding equitable representation and increasing the entity’s membership.

This Tuesday’s debate will review the immediate continuation of intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of the Council in the upcoming 79th session, which will open next September.

Some versions of the negotiations propose an expanded Security Council, with between 21 and 27 members, with the intention of “correcting the historical injustice against Africa as a priority.”

According to experts, the reconfiguration of the Security Council must include Africa and other regions that do not have a permanent seat on it.

The current structure has China, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and the United States in permanent positions, which reflects the balance of power at the end of World War II, when the UN and its organizations were created.

In addition to these five permanent positions, the other 10 members are assigned regionally between Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe and Eastern Europe.