Africa must be represented in the ranks of the members of the UN Security Council, Leonardo Santos Simao, UN special representative for West Africa and the Sahel, said in an interview with TASS. 'Integrating Africa is obligatory,' he pointed out. It is a necessity. So that Africa, as a permanent member of the Security Council, just like the other members, can express its opinion on this subject [concerning UN reforms]. » According to him, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is striving to reform the organization and is working in two directions. 'Firstly, it is about the need to reform the UN security system, and they [a number of UN member states] give all the arguments in favor of the fact that this agreement was adopted in 1945, but after these long years, the situation in the world has changed demographically, economically and politically. Thus, the reasons that led to the current body have already been overtaken by events and time. It is therefore natural to adapt,' summarized the agency's interlocu tor. Source: Burkina Information Agency
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