Maintenance of international peace and security - Security Council, 9702nd meeting

Addressing the historical injustice and enhancing Africa's effective representation in the UN Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:07:12
• Production Date: 12 August 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; JULIUS MAADA BIO; DENNIS FRANCIS
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: AFRICA; AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEACE AND SECURITY; SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS REFORM; UNITED NATIONS ROLE; CIVIL SOCIETY; POLITICAL REPRESENTATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY-MAKING; PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION; REGIONAL COOPERATION; PARTICIPANTS; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 3244999
• Parent Id: 3243286

Description

Identical letters dated 30 July 2024 from the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2024/574). Continent of Over 1 Billion People Must Have Permanent Voice in World’s Leading Peace Body, Secretary-General Says at Security Council Debate on Africa’s Representation.

The meeting was suspended. 

Briefers included:

• His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly
• Ms. Sithembile Mbete, Senior Lecturer, Political Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria
• His Excellency Mr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone 
• Her Excellency Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States 
• His Excellency Lord Collins of Highbury, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom 
• His Excellency Mr. Lounes Magramane, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Algeria 
• His Excellency Mr. Shinsuke Shimizu, Ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Japan 
• His Excellency Mr. Peya Mushelenga, Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Namibia

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UN Press Coverage

S/2024/574