Vice President Jessica Alupo has returned home from Addis-Ababa where she represented Uganda at the 35th African Union Ordinary Summit.
She was seen off at the airport by Mufarihat Kamil, the Minister of Labour and Skills from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
At the summit, the Vice President re-echoed President Museveni’s call to push for reforms at the UN Security Council.
“We demand for Africa to have two permanent seats with two veto rights and two more non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council”, Alupo stressed, adding that “this is Africa’s legitimate right and aspiration to correct the historical injustices endured by the continent”.
The Vice President who was accompanied at the meeting by State Minister for International relations Okello Oryem said that calls for reform at the UN Security Council, are “not a favour, but a right of all peoples that inhabit the planet earth”, adding that the present geopolitical realities are compelling for a “comprehensive reform of the Security Council to make way for equitable representation”
She called upon member states to work towards achieving progress in the negotiations on reform in the context of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) “so that Africa can assume its rightful place in the Security Council”.
In January, Uganda hosted the 9th Ministerial meeting, comprised of Ministers of the C-10 member states which reinforced the call for Africa to remain solidly united behind the Common African Position.
Ms. Alupo also carried out other engagements at the sidelines of the summit.