US supports permanent African seats

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations has defended her country's position on expanding the permanent category of the Security Council, but without affording new permanent members a veto. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Council on Foreign Relations last week that Washington supports two permanent seats for Africa but without the veto. She argued that doing so would only create more dysfunction in the Security Council. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.