By Asha Elmi - Reporter
Algeria, 2 December 2025 – Somalia has urged African states to intensify their push for reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying Africa’s underrepresentation is rooted in decisions made when much of the continent was still under colonial rule.
Speaking at a meeting convened by the African Union Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department in Algiers, Hamza Adan Haadoow, Permanent Secretary at Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Africa’s perspectives were largely absent when the UNSC was established and remain insufficiently reflected today.
Somalia reaffirmed support for expanding both permanent and non-permanent African seats and called for the full abolition of the veto, which it said undermines equitable global decision-making.
The delegation commended the African Union’s Committee of Ten (C10), led by Sierra Leone, for advancing a unified African position based on the Ezulweni Consensus, the AU’s longstanding framework for Security Council reform.
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Haadoow also urged stronger coordination between the African Union Peace and Security Council and the A3 group of African states currently serving on the UNSC, arguing that consistent alignment would strengthen Africa’s collective influence in negotiations.
Somalia said it would continue working with AU member states to seek reforms that give Africa a more representative and credible role in shaping global peace and security decisions.
