Pak backs Africa's UNSC rep demand

UNITED NATIONS:

Pakistan has reaffirmed its support to the African demand for enhanced representation of the world's second largest continent within the UN Security Council as part of the reform process to make the 15-member body more representative and effective to combat the growing challenges.

"Rectifying the injustice suffered by Africa is not a matter of concession but of principle," Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, said in the ongoing Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) at its session devoted to discussing the "African Model" for restructuring the 15-member Council.