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Reforms to the United Nations' Security Council: A Case Study of Nigeria

Since 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has debated calls for reform to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Proposed reforms have included amendments to the use of the veto, improved representation of member countries in the permanent membership and an expansion of the Council's permanent members. The continent of Africa is not represented in the permanent membership of the UNSC, though it is the largest regional group in the UN. With three of the Council’s five permanent members from Europe and one each from the Americas and Asia, the African Union argues this situation i…