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Africa Has Provided Clear, Compelling Vision for Security Council ...

Setting out the aspirations of its fifty-plus countries and over 1 billion people, he stated: “Africa demands two permanent seats in the UN Security Council and two additional non-permanent seats, bringing the total number of non-permanent seats to five.” The African Union will choose the continent’s permanent members, he said, stressing ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (10.0): The source is from 2024, making it very current and up-to-date.
• Relevance (10.0): The source directly addresses the claim about the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (10.0): The source is from the United Nations press release, which is a highly credible and authoritative source.
• Accuracy (10.0): The information provided in the source is reliable, truthful, and correct as it comes directly from the United Nations.
• Purpose (10.0): The purpose of the information is clear, and it is free of bias as it is a factual report on the African Union's demands for Security Council reform.

Security Council Calls for Strengthening Africa’s Role in Addressing ...

The three African non-permanent members of the Council each called for reforming the 15-member organ to reflect their region’s growing importance in global affairs. ... The European Union has been the African Union’s number one partner on peace and security issues in terms of financial and technical support, creating the Africa Peace ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (8.0): The source is from 2024, which is recent and up-to-date.
• Relevance (9.0): The source directly relates to the claim, discussing the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (9.0): The source is from the United Nations press release, making it a highly credible and reputable source.
• Accuracy (9.0): The information provided in the source is reliable, truthful, and correct, as it comes directly from the UN press release.
• Purpose (8.0): The purpose of the information is clear, as it aims to inform about the discussions and decisions made by the Security Council regarding Africa's role in the UN. However, there might be a slight bias towards promoting the UN's efforts and achievements.

Home | African Union

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (8.0): The source is up-to-date, as it was last crawled on 2024-09-23.
• Relevance (9.0): The source directly relates to the claim, as it discusses the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (10.0): The source is the official website of the African Union, making it a highly reputable and authoritative source.
• Accuracy (10.0): The information provided is reliable, truthful, and correct, as it comes directly from the African Union's official website.
• Purpose (9.0): The purpose of the information is clear, and it appears to be free of bias, as it is an official statement from the African Union.

Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. - African Union

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African ...

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Africa Has Provided Clear, Compelling Vision for Security Council ...

Setting out the aspirations of its fifty-plus countries and over 1 billion people, he stated: “Africa demands two permanent seats in the UN Security Council and two additional non-permanent seats, bringing the total number of non-permanent seats to five.” The African Union will choose the continent’s permanent members, he said, stressing ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (10.0): The source is from 2024, making it very up-to-date.
• Relevance (10.0): The source directly addresses the claim about the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (10.0): The source is from the United Nations press release, which is a highly reputable and authoritative source.
• Accuracy (10.0): The information provided in the source is reliable, truthful, and correct as it comes from an official UN press release.
• Purpose (10.0): The purpose of the information is clear, and it is free of bias as it is an official statement from the UN.

Security Council Calls for Strengthening Africa’s Role in Addressing ...

The three African non-permanent members of the Council each called for reforming the 15-member organ to reflect their region’s growing importance in global affairs. ... The European Union has been the African Union’s number one partner on peace and security issues in terms of financial and technical support, creating the Africa Peace ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (10.0): The source is from 2024, making it very current and up-to-date.
• Relevance (10.0): The source directly addresses the claim by discussing the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (10.0): The source is from the United Nations press release, which is a highly reputable and authoritative source.
• Accuracy (10.0): The information provided in the source is reliable, truthful, and correct as it comes from an official UN press release.
• Purpose (10.0): The purpose of the information is clear, and it is free of bias as it is an official statement from the UN.

UN Security Council Reform: What the World Thinks

Ironically, the African Union’s (AU’s) adoption in 2005 of the Ezulwini Consensus—which calls for two new veto-wielding permanent seats from Africa and two more nonpermanent African seats to add to its existing three rotating seats—effectively stalled Security Council reform efforts. Nigeria and South Africa, the two most obvious ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (8.0): The source is from 2023, which is relatively recent and up-to-date.
• Relevance (9.0): The source directly discusses the UN Security Council reform and the African Union's stance on it, making it highly relevant to the claim.
• Authority (8.0): The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a reputable organization known for its research and analysis on international affairs.
• Accuracy (8.0): The information provided in the snippet accurately reflects the African Union's position on UN Security Council reform, as stated in the claim.
• Purpose (7.0): The purpose of the information is clear, aiming to provide an overview of the world's thoughts on UN Security Council reform. However, there might be some bias in the presentation of the information, as the source is an analysis rather than a purely factual report.

Re-evaluating the African Union's Ezulwini Consensus in the Reform of ...

Through textual criticism and thematic content analysis of primary and secondary data, it was discovered that Africa’s demand for permanent seats with the veto power has rendered the reform of ...

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (8.0): The source is from 2024, which is recent and up-to-date.
• Relevance (10.0): The source directly relates to the claim about the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (9.0): The source is a research paper on ResearchGate, a reputable platform for academic research.
• Accuracy (9.0): The source provides detailed information about the African Union's demands for reform, which aligns with the claim.
• Purpose (8.0): The purpose of the source is clear, as it aims to evaluate the African Union's Ezulwini Consensus in the reform of the United Nations Security Council. However, it may have some bias towards advocating for African representation in the Security Council.

Member States Call for Removing Veto Power, Expanding Security Council ...

The representation of Africa within the Council is a matter of fairness, he said, adding that the outcome document of the 2017 intergovernmental negotiations points to consensus regarding an increase in the Council’s membership. Congo supports the addition of two permanent and two non-permanent seats for African States.

CRAAP Scores:

• Currency (8.0): The source is from 2018, which is relatively recent, but it might not reflect the most current developments.
• Relevance (10.0): The source directly addresses the claim about the African Union's Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the reform of the U.N. Security Council.
• Authority (10.0): The source is from the United Nations press release, making it a highly credible and authoritative source.
• Accuracy (10.0): The information provided in the source is accurate and directly relates to the claim.
• Purpose (10.0): The purpose of the information is clear, and it is free of bias as it is a factual report on the discussions and positions of member states regarding the reform of the U.N. Security Council.