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UN PhotoPerspectives on UN Security Council Reforms from Global South Think Tanks - The L-69 UN Security Council Reforms Event
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The UN Security Council (UNSC) is in urgent need of an overhaul and reconfiguration to be more representative, more effective, more coherent, and more accountable. Over the years, this imperative for reforms has only been accentuated. However, this reform process has not yielded substantive results.
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One such compelling proposition for reforms comes from the L69 Group of Developing Countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific (Small Island Developing States) which has pressed for reforming the UNSC to better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and to enhance its legitimacy, effectiveness, and implementation of its decisions. Furthermore, the grouping argues for an expansion of the Council, in both permanent (6 additional seats, bringing the total to 11) and non-permanent (6 additional seats, bringing the total to 16) categories of membership, with equitable geographical representation. Specifically, it has emphasised that Africa, given the historical injustice, needs to be fully represented, in line with the Common African Position.
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