Egyptian efforts to increase UN Security Council efficiency

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry started making a plan to increase the UN Security Council's efficiency in cooperation with Asian and European countries and the US.

The ministry said that it is assigning ambassador Ahmed Abdu Ghait, Egypt's permanent delegate the UN, to start consultations with the non-aligned countries and the African group to raise the expansion of the Security Council and open the permanent members to the largest number of countries to keep the balance among the countries and in the council's work.

The Egyptian plan aims at increasing the number of seats from 15 to 26, including two permanent seats for Africa and another two non-permanent seats for Africa to be distributed among African countries in alternation.