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African Union wants five seats on UNSC and veto power
2005-03-08
Foreign ministers from the African Union discussed reforms at the United Nations and resolved to demand five seats be reserved for African countries on the Security Council, two of them with veto power.
If we give then 10 seats and two vetoes will they move the whole thing to Tanzania?
"The time for reform is now or never," AU Commission Chairman Alfa Oumar Konare said after the closed-door meeting Monday. Konare said in order for African countries to have a real input into what happens at the United Nations, African countries need a stronger voice on the Security Council. Currently, three Security Council seats are set aside for African countries on a rotating basis, but no African country has veto power. "Today is a time for Africa, today indisputably is the hour of Africa," Konare said in Addis Ababa, the headquarters for the 53-member AU. "This position would reflect the African vision of the future of the continent and the place of Africa in the world." Under the AU proposal, the continent wide body would decide which countries would divide the boodle hold the permanent seats on the council, said AU spokesman Desmond Orjiako. 
Posted by:Steve White

#16  They can have the US seat - because if they get their wishes, we will not be using it anymore. Say hello to more tribal thugocracies trying to use the UN to chain-down and shakedown the developed countries for greed, say buh-bye to the US - and the US money.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-08 2:05:32 AM  

#15  They can have the US seat - because if they get their wishes, we will not be using it anymore. Say hello to more tribal thugocracies trying to use the UN to chain-down and shakedown the developed countries for greed, say buh-bye to the US - and the US money.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-08 2:05:32 AM  

#14  Fumigate the building thuroughly, then sell the offices in the UN building as condos, and throw thos drunk traffic violating 3rd-world so-called diplomats into the East River.

And beside, Frank G. What makes you think you are so special? Konare sent me an EMail too!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-08 5:12:49 PM  

#13  Konare is certainly busy! Just yesterday I received a business offer from him via email which will make me a rich man....
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-08 3:09:30 PM  

#12  Cap, methinks they would prefer a goat....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-03-08 2:59:56 PM  

#11  Might as well throw in a request for a pony, too. I'll bet they've always wanted a pony.
Posted by: Captain Pedantic   2005-03-08 11:04:18 AM  

#10  "Obviously, I am dealing with inferior minds, here!" -- Daffy Duck
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-03-08 10:01:50 AM  

#9  And hope this DN doesn't go the same way as the UN.
Posted by: Steve from Relto   2005-03-08 9:55:11 AM  

#8  I say let them have their seats while the US, Britan, India, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel form their own organization (and leave the bloated, stinking, rotting, carcass of the UN to the thugs and theves).

Call the new organization the Democratic Nations.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-03-08 9:01:08 AM  

#7  The only way to reform the UN is to give everybody a SC seat & veto power. And make UN employes pay a voting mater.
Posted by: gromgorru   2005-03-08 8:42:17 AM  

#6  The time for reform is now or never

I'll take never for $500.
Posted by: 2b   2005-03-08 3:52:29 AM  

#5  Leseehere, five African seats, eh? How 'bout: Western Sahara, Darfur, South Sudan, Somaliland, and whoever's still alive in Kivu province? Darfur and South Sudan get the vetos. It's a deal.
Posted by: Rex Rufus   2005-03-08 2:40:38 AM  

#4  Mike my response exactly, as soon as I read the headline, LOL.

Please take our seat, our dues, the whole stinking mess and get the heck out of here. Don't let the door hit you in the rear on the way out.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-03-08 2:38:28 AM  

#3  They can have the US seat - because if they get their wishes, we will not be using it anymore. Say hello to more tribal thugocracies trying to use the UN to chain-down and shakedown the developed countries for greed, say buh-bye to the US - and the US money.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-08 2:05:32 AM  

#2  Well, given the today's state of UN (stick the fork in it, it' done), I am ambivalent. Transfer of UN to Tanzania sounds good.

today indisputably is the hour of Africa

Not sure what that, possibly, could mean. The last hour? Probably not yet, but as things are going over there...
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-08 1:26:27 AM  

#1  ...People in Hell want ice water. They ain't gonna get that either.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-03-08 12:37:58 AM  

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