UN Security Council composition outdated – Prof. Bande

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Prof. Tijjani Bande, Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN.

Nigeria has again expressed its dissatisfaction with the current composition of the UN Security Council, describing it as old-fashioned and called for an urgent reform of the body.

The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that the current composition of the Council was undemocratic

“The Security Council is the UN’s most powerful principal organ with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the UN.

“It approves any changes to its UN Charter and is vested with powers for the establishment of peacekeeping operations and the establishment of international sanctions.

“The Council has the authorisation  for military…

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