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Article: Africa to seek two permanent seats on UN Security Council
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 3, 2005
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Africa to seek two permanent seats on UN Security Council
SIRTE, Libya, July 3 (Xinhua) -- African leaders are expected to
approve a resolution seeking two permanent seats on an expanded
United Nations Security Council, said officials here Sunday.
A draft resolution, hammered out by African foreign ministers, has
detailed the continent's common position on the UN reform. It is to
be submitted to the two-day African Union (AU) summit due to open in
the Libyan seaport city of Sirte on Monday.
According to the draft resolution, the UN Security Council members
should be increased from 15 to 26, with six of the 11 new members
being permanent ones with veto right and the rest five non- ...