Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday called for immediate reforms to the UN Security Council’s membership process, arguing for the inclusion of the African continent with at least two permanent seats with veto power and two non-permanent seats.

Speaking on this topic before the UN General Assembly, President Ruto stated: “Reforming the Security Council is not a favour to Africa or to anybody. It is a necessity for the United Nations’ own survival.”

Despite representing 54 of the 193 members of the UN and accounting for approximately 17 percent of the world’s population, Africa remains the only continent without a permanent seat at the table —a move that analysts have criticized as being outdated and reflective of the older power dynamics of 1945 when most of Africa was still

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