Mr President, Another critical matter that needs attention is the selection of the UN Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the UN Security Council. “We are free, independent sovereign states”, he said, to more applause from delegates.
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Zuma was to address the UN General Assembly later on Monday.
President Jacob Zuma has called on the global community to transform the UN Security Council into a more representative and inclusive body.
On the margins of a reception hosted by South African Leader Jacob Zuma, both leaders discussed the long history of cooperation between Antigua & Barbuda and South Africa dating back to the anti-apartheid era in South Africa.
“It is unacceptable and unjustifiable that more than one billion people on the African continent are still excluded as permanent members of the key decision making structure of the United Nations, the Security Council”, Zuma said. “There is no pace at all, especially the Security Council reform”, said Dlamini-Zuma.
He also says, “We wish to emphasise that the UN Security Council must take into account the views of the African Continent and its sub-regional organisations when dealing with conflicts in Africa in future”.
In a statement released on the weekend, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said he intends to advance talks with South Africa in the areas of manufacturing and tourism among other areas.
“Our president has always been on record to be the voice of the voiceless”, Tshuma said.
He said the spread of peace and good governance was providing African entrepreneurs with an environment conducive to establishing their industries and promoting themselves. “A solution is urgent otherwise if we delay, in the next decade, we may no longer have a piece of land to justify the two state solution”, said Zuma.
Mr Leon’s thesis that this presidency has no policy to get the country out of its economic trap is wrong – Mr Zuma’s policy, like Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s and now Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s, is to retain power at any cost.
Until reform of the United Nations Security Council is achieved, nations aspiring to be part of the coveted UN entity, will for now have to contend with the 10-non-permanent rotating positions that also make up the Security Council, from where their voices too can be heard on important decisions.
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The 54-nation African continent has a representation of only three non-permanent members without veto power in the UNSC.
