Jonathan: Nigeria deserves UN security council seat

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President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in New York strongly canvassed for Nigeria’s election into the non- permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council.

Jonathan flaunting Nigeria’s many years of support for the activities of the United Nations, declared that the country has done enough to be elected into the position, having also received the endorsement of both the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) and the African Union, AU.

He observed that Nigeria’s election into the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, was long overdue.

This is just as President Jonathan, also Tuesday, made a passionate call on world leaders to speed up the democratisation of the UN Security Council as part of the reformation.

President Jonathan made these assertions while addressing world leaders and other delegates at the opening of the 68th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Tuesday, declaring that Nigeria’s commendable performance on previous occasions when it held a non-permanent seat on the security council, should assure the global community that the country deserved to be elected to the council again for the 2014-2015 session.

“I am pleased to state that Nigeria has received the endorsement of the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union. We therefore urge this august Assembly to endorse Nigeria’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council.

“Our support for the United Nations Security Council in its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security has been total and unwavering”.

The body is currently composed of five permanent and 10 non-permanent member states with the Republic of Togo, Morocco, Rwanda, representing Africa in the body.

The five veto-wielding permanent members are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while the 10 non-permanent members, with five elected each year to serve two-year terms.