Algerian Radio
The Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations, Mohamed Rabi A. Yusuf, deplored the underrepresentation of Africa on the UN Security Council on Tuesday, demanding "two permanent seats" to "rectify this injustice" of historical proportions.
"It is time to rectify this injustice by granting the continent increased representation, including two permanent seats" on the Security Council, the Somali representative advocated during a high-level Council meeting under the Chinese presidency, dedicated to upholding the United Nations Charter and strengthening the UN-centered multilateral system.
According to him, genuine multilateralism requires a reform of the Security Council.
Mohamed Rabi A. Yusuf noted that the current international order, despite its many achievements, "still bears the imprint of mid-20th-century geopolitics, as well as structural inequalities, old grievances, and divergent national interests that have sometimes pushed the system to its limits."
Rejecting the selective application of international law and the practice of "double standards," he emphasized that there can be no lasting peace without justice, nor justice without an end to the Zionist occupation, which has persisted for far too long, and without the full realization of the rights of the Palestinian people.
