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Should the African Union be granted a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council?
The United Nations Security Council is facing its biggest test for legitimacy. Calls for its reform
have grown louder in recent years, becoming a focal point in debates in the United Nations General
Assembly. The Africa Union has been at the forefront of the calls for reforms, arguing that the
Security Council is undemocratic and under-representative of the developing world. In particular,
the African Union has been vocal about the need for the region to have two permanent members
with veto power in the Security Council, it being the only continent that is not represented in the
permanent category of the Security Council despite being the largest continent by the number of
states and home to the bulk of the Security Council’s missions. This paper analyzes the intricacies
concerning the debate on Security Council reforms, with particular interest to the African Union
position, including the prospects of success in reforms and the representative nature of its leading
candidates.
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Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2022.