Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has slammed both South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union Summit because they had both voted for a United Nations Security Council Resolution in 2011 which authorised military action against Libyan leader Muammar Khadafi and his regime.
As a result of this “error”, Mugabe said African states would never agree to them getting permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
The SADC chairman on Sunday addressed a committee meeting which was debating Africa’s position on reform of the Security Council.
A 2005 consensus drafted by African leaders served notice that the continent should demand at least two permanent and five non-permanent seats on the council to ensure that it was globally representative.
Although Mugabe did not name either South Africa or Nigeria, they were the only countries which were on the UN Security Council when its resolution on Libya was adopted in 2011.
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