Former Senator Shehu Sani has proposed the creation of a “shadow” permanent seat arrangement involving Africa, India, Brazil and a Middle Eastern country as pressure mounts for reform of the United Nations Security Council….
Former Senator Shehu Sani has proposed the creation of a “shadow” permanent seat arrangement involving Africa, India, Brazil and a Middle Eastern country as pressure mounts for reform of the United Nations Security Council.
Sani said Africa and Latin America had continued to demand permanent representation on the council for decades, but argued that the existing global powers had shown little willingness to alter the current structure.
“For decades, through successive generations of leaders, Africa has been asking for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council,” Sani said in a post on X.
“Africa and Latin America deserve a permanent seat but it’s clear that the Superpowers are not ready to shift ground.”
He suggested that India, Africa, Brazil and a country from the Middle East could establish a “Shadow permanent seat” as an alternative way of maintaining pressure for reform.
“The alternative is for India, Africa, Brazil and one country from the Middle East to form a Shadow permanent seat, and the pressure continues,” he said.
The Security Council has five permanent members — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — which hold veto power, while 10 other members are elected for two-year terms.
Africa’s campaign for permanent representation has been a longstanding feature of calls for reform of the UN Security Council.
