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The common position of African countries on the UN Security Council reform file was highlighted in Algiers, during the 11th Ministerial Meeting of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government of the African Union ( C10).
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf welcomed the success of this meeting, specifying that this C10 meeting had highlighted “the collective commitment in favor of the common African position on the reform of the Security Council”, emphasizing that “this position, which carries the aspirations of an entire continent, aims to correct a historical injustice and put an end to an imbalance whose repercussions go beyond our African continent”.
Thus, in their conclusions, the participants called for highlighting the growing international awareness of the legitimacy of the continent’s demands for better African representation on the Security Council, particularly in the light of successive international positions in in favor of the common African vision and the emergence of an encouraging international dynamic, which the members of the Committee intend to use to fulfill the mandate entrusted to it by the African Union.
The Meeting also highlighted “the specificity of African demands, which require particular attention and distinct treatment, as a priority and with all urgency, within the framework of the process of intergovernmental negotiations under the umbrella of the General Assembly” of the United Nations, explained Mr. Attaf, maintaining that “the logic of things requires the international community, first of all, to put an end to the marginalization of the African continent within the Security Council and not to let African demands hostage to the impasse in which the reform process finds itself due to the contradictory positions between the other regional groups.
The participants further recommended “sticking, in joint action, to the UN process, which remains the appropriate unifying framework for the continuation of intergovernmental negotiations”, while “redoubling efforts to preserve the African position of attempts to divide African ranks and attempts to influence certain parties to adopt approaches that do not correspond to our common vision and do not serve the legitimate interests and aspirations of Africa,” continued the minister.
In this regard, Mr. Attaf called for “the adoption of an ambitious action plan to govern our future actions and approaches, in particular our contacts with other groups, led by the group of permanent members of the Security Council “. In light of these conclusions, assures Mr. Attaf, Algeria “will remain faithful to the common African position and the noble goals of this august Committee and undertakes to spare no effort to preserve the unity of the African ranks, strengthen its foundations and raise its voice loudly.”
According to Attaf, Algeria is committed to continuing its efforts in the Security Council “in order to plead common causes, with sincerity and responsibility, within the framework of our A3 political group, which today embodies African solidarity and reflects our collective ambitions for the construction of a united, strong and influential continent on the international scene.
As a reminder, at the end of the work, Mr. Attaf hosted a press conference jointly with his Sierra Leonean counterpart, Musa Timothy Kabba who chaired the meeting. In his speech, Attaf detailed the action plan of the African group which is divided into five fronts, emphasizing the strengthening of the internal front through the preservation of the unity of the African rank in the face of attempts aimed at bribing certain members of the group so that they take other paths that do not go in the same direction of our common vision nor our unifying consensus within the framework of our continental organization, the African Union (AU).
In addition to strengthening the C10’s participation in intergovernmental negotiations to advocate African demands, the C10 group should also strengthen communication and interaction with different actors (states, groups and blocs), in order to broaden the support base. internationally in favor of the common African position.
For Attaf, the fourth front is “the active participation of the C10 in the next international events, in particular the + Summit of the Future + which will be held next September in New York, in order to achieve new breakthroughs and additional achievements.
Finally, the fifth and last front concerns the initiative to submit African demands concerning the reform file to the table of the Security Council, because it brings a new approach and makes it possible to intensify pressure directly on the main actors in the reform file.