UN General Assembly: Exclusion Of Africa From Permanent Security Council Seat A Neocolonialism

Since formation of United Nations which took effect on 24 October 1945, which was primarily to prevent future wars after the effect of World War II, succeeded League of Nations which failed to live up to its major objectives. It has never had the outlook of “united nations” what is practiced, is neocolonialism especially the seat of “bourgeoisie” permanent members of UN Security Council, it is a sham to have permanent members and nonpermanent members with the international organization that laid its foundation on unity and peace, but what it represents is different from what they do, exclusion of African continent from Permanent seat of Security Council is the continuous contempt to keep relegated them at the lowest level.

United Nations Security Council is only UN body with authority to issue binding resolutions on member states, such crucial and powerful unit of United Nations is divided into “lords” and “serfs” on the disguise of permanent and non-permanent members of Security Council. Charged with ensuring international peace, enacting international sanctions and authorizing military action. Achieving peace has been jeopardized at the expense of power bloc among the west and east which was later exposed and paralyzed by the then Cold War.

Such thing as United Nations never existed, it is an organization to keep limiting the so called third countries in the benefits of the developed countries to grow at their detriment, pioneered by neocolonialism. African crisis never get the same attention in UN as that of European crisis, before coming to the aid of Africa, they paint Africa ugly and tell the whole world how barbaric and uncultured they are, the stereotype need to change if equitable nations is actually what the united nations is advocating for because on the clearly view of it they are loopholes which is preventing equitable representation of countries of the world not just Africa.

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The 77^th General Assembly in New York comes with relevant topics and consideration threatening peace, security and unity. The attention Ukraine is getting from Russian invasion and the readiness of US to defend Taiwan from China to compare the neglected war in Ethiopia shows what the world think of Africans, Senegalese President Macky Sall who is also Chairman of African Union has urged the Security Council and sought for permanent seat for Africa in the Council, to address the conflict in Africa, the point is how are they going to address the conflict properly when none of African countries are members of the Permanent Security Council, more issues ranging on security, peace and economic growth in Africa to strengthen the potential of the continent to influence other continents on different areas of the economy.   

The role of United Nations is poor in Africa, it says how African countries are outside the scope, and all the aids they are claiming to send to Africa are white elephant aids. Analyzing the territorial and security situations around the world, you see that African countries are not dominating the topics despite being affected the most, the growth of insurgency in Africa is alarming which has posed big threats to livelihood families are living below one dollar per day, the inflation and insecurity are indicators to this effect. Collaborating to make Africa a destination point is possible because the resources is there to the effect until then exclusion of Africa from United Nations Security Council Permanent seat is neocolonialism.