African coalition under construction

Representatives of the African countries met on the semi-formal meeting for the first time before negotiations in the UN. They might have been discussing possible coalitions regarding different issues such as minorities, forced migration and Security Council reform. What is know to the public, they have not reached the agreement yet.

Tamara Juričič, delegate of the Republic of South Africa, told us that ambitious proposals were raised during the meeting but states still need more time to realize the ideas. ''We haven't reached the decision, since we are planning another event,'' she concluded in a short statement. We will keep you posted about further developments in potential African coalition.

Luka Kavčič

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This information is fictive and serves for the purposes of the UN simulation only.

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Is it time for Africa?

The most effective way to attain and maintain power and influence is to join with others who share your particular interest. Staring with neighbours and others in your community is the first rule of creating coalition, knowing that in such established groups it is high possibility that partners will be working on the same or similar issues. On the other hand, some partners can turn out to be a group that you have very little in common, but on one specific issue you can always find a common ground. Since we are just a few weeks from the formal start of the General Assembly negotiations it seems that some disempowered states are already developing their power base and thereby defending their interests.

Today, the 23rd March, South Africa announced that »It is time for Africa« and invited all the participating African states in this year's General Assembly to meet and discuss following topics: United nations Security Council Reform, Forced Migrations and Inter-ethnic Issues involving Minorities. Since we know that there is no African state being in Permanent Five of Security Council, it is possible to gather from what the honourable representative of Nigeria said this week, that Africa will strive for getting a permanent seat in United Nations Security Council. Nigeria is of the opinion that each continent should have it's representative in Big Five.

Below you can read the letter sent by honourable representative of South Africa to the following states: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia.

»Honourable representatives of African states,

the General Assembly negotiations are about to start soon and South Africa sees a great potential in cooperation and common positions of African states. Therefore South Africa would like to invite you all to an informal meeting to discuss possible cooperation in the GA. See the details in the invitation enclosed. Please confirm your participation until Monday, 25 March. In case the date doesn't fit you, please reply and we can schedule the meeting with the help of Doodle. 

Best regards,

Tamara Juričić, Representative of South Africa«

According to information from invitation letter, the meeting will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, at the cafe bar NetCafe, on Wednesday, 27 March 2013, at 2 pm.

Aleksandra Đurđević

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This information is fictive and serves for the purposes of the UN simulation only.

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