Assembly/AU/Resolution 1 (V) Page 2 ACKNOWLEDGING the need for the Security Council to reflect present world realities and be more responsive to the aspirations of all Member States of the UN; bearing in mind the undeniable fact that in 1945, when the UN was being formed, most of Africa was not represented and, as a result, Africa remains to this day the only continent without a permanent seat in the Security Council, which is the primary organ of the UN on matters of international peace and security; MINDFUL of the need to ensure Africa's effective representation in the Security Council like all the other regions of the world; REALISING the need to engage fully all regions of the world in the work of the UN and to enlist their support for the progress of humanity; Resolves to: 1. enlarge the Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories and improve on its working methods; 2. accord the new permanent members the same prerogatives and privileges as the current permanent members, including the right of veto; 3. grant Africa two permanent and five non-permanent seats in the Security Council and increase its membership from fifteen to twenty-six with the eleven (11) additional seats distributed as follows: Permanent Members Two from Africa Two from Asia One from Latin American and Caribbean States One from Western European & Other States Non-Permanent Members Two from Africa One from Asia One from Eastern European States One from Latin American & Caribbean States 4. amend the UN Charter accordingly.