Mozambique to run for non-permanent seat on UN Security Council – Notícias

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Mozambique to run for non-permanent seat on UN Security Council – Notícias

5:53 CAT | 08 Feb 2021

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Mozambique is going to apply for the position of non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council with the approval of the African Union, which has expressed its full confidence in Mozambique’s ability to loyally represent the interests of the continent.

“The importance that we dedicate to national, continental and international peace and security has impelled us to apply, on behalf of the continent, for a non-permanent member [seat] on the UN Security Council, a harmonized option in the region,” President Nyusi said at the 34th Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), held virtually in Maputo on Saturday under the motto “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.”

The Security Council consists of five permanent members (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America) and 10 non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.

In accordance with rule 142 of the rules of procedure, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members of the Security Council every year – five for groups from African and Asian countries; one for the Eastern European group; two for Latin America and the Caribbean; two for Western European countries and others.

In the chapter on peace and security, the Head of State renewed Mozambique’s commitment to keeping the African Union ‘s Peace and Security Council regularly informed about the terrorism situation in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which, in addition to causing fatalities, has displaced thousands of people.

Nyusi said, on the other hand, that he is equally sure of the commitment of the Assembly [of Heads of State and Government] of the largest continental body [the AU], in repudiating terrorism and manifesting the firm intention to eradicate the agents of evil and their catalysts, wherever they hide on the continent.

The acts of terrorism in the north of the country, triggered in 2017, are not un-related to other countries on the continent, which continue to manifest support and solidarity in the course of the African Union’s 34th Summit’s works.

“My people are grateful for the support that we have been receiving in the face of the humanitarian vicissitudes, the deaths and destruction perpetuated by these faceless actors,” President Nyusi said, adding that peace and security remain a huge challenge for the continent.

Source: Noticias