{"id":79450,"date":"2026-09-22T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79450"},"modified":"2026-09-22T22:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:04:34","slug":"dzw-cb9d84c75ead9f62d2d4c9c170a5ad8c627d1642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79450","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council Reform Urged to Include Permanent African Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a> Secretary-General Antonio Guterres advocated for a reform of the UN Security Council, specifically to guarantee permanent African representation. Speaking in New York during his opening address at the general debate of the 81st session of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79249\">General Assembly<\/a>, Mr. Guterres emphasized that a 21st-century Security Council lacking permanent African representation is both &quot;unfair and indefensible.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General observed that current global institutions continue to reflect power realities and interests from a largely bygone era, underscoring the necessity for contemporary adjustments. He asserted that the time has come for the Security Council to undergo reform to accurately reflect the world&#39;s current landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres further called for a world built upon interdependence, international law, and shared rules, moving away from fragmentation into rival blocs. He advocated for a &#39;networked multipolarity,&#39; highlighting the importance of wise power exercise to construct a future beneficial to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a reform of the UN Security Council to ensure permanent African representation, stating that its absence is &#8220;unfair and indefensible&#8221; for a 21st-century body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79451,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79450\/revisions\/79451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}