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Africa: Guterres Tells AU Summit - 'This Is 2026 - Not 1946' in Push for Reform
UN Secretary-General António Guterres demands African representation on the Security Council and highlights a $4 trillion annual development financing gap, urging reforms and African-led solutions.
- At the African Union summit, Guterres demanded the Security Council have `permanent African seats`, calling their absence `indefensible; this is 2026- not 1946`.
- Facing a funding shortfall, Guterres urged tripling the capacity of multilateral development banks and mobilizing $1.3 trillion annually for developing countries by 2035.
- He outlined three priorities—peace, economic action and climate justice—and urged African-led solutions across the Sahel, Libya and the Horn of Africa, demanding hostilities in Sudan cease and dialogue in South Sudan.
- Guterres urged that the people of Africa must benefit from Africa's resources, demanding `No more exploitation` and fair value chains for critical minerals, calling the economic system `simply unconscionable` at a press conference.
- Guterres said Africa faces faster warming and climate injustice despite causing no crisis, praising the African Union as a flagship for multilateralism with a strong UN-AU partnership.
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Africa: Guterres Tells AU Summit - 'This Is 2026 - Not 1946' in Push for Reform
Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is "indefensible," declaring: "This is 2026 - not 1946."
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AFRICAN UNION – ADDIS-ABEBA Mr President of the African Union, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr President of the Commission of the African Union, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is for... The article AU Summit/President Mamadi Doumbouya asks his peers: "History is watching us. Our peoples look at us" appeared first on ledjely.
Guterres tells AU Summit: ‘This is 2026 – not 1946’ in push for reform
Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is “indefensible,” declaring: “This is 2026 – not 1946.”
“AFRICA MUST BE AT THE TABLE”: GUTERRES CONDEMNS AFRICA’S UNSC EXCLUSION AS INDEFENSIBLE
Sat 14 February 2026: UN chief Antonio Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the continent’s lack of permanent representation on the UN Security Council is “indefensible,” urging long-delayed global reforms as the African Union opened its annual summit. “This is 2026 – not 1946,” he said, adding that whenever global decisions affecting Africa are […]
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