Assembly/AU/Dec.648(XXIX) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL Doc. Assembly/AU/9(XXIX) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the 19th Report of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the Reform of the United Nations Security Council ; 2. REITERATES the need to reform the United Nations to conform to the present geopolitical realities, in particular, the need to address Africa’s non representation in the Permanent Category of the UN Security Council and its under-representation in the Non-permanent category; 3. ACKNOWLEDGES WITH APPRECIATION the progress made by the C10 in advocating and canvassing support for the Common African Position as outlined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the 2005 Sirte Declaration on the United Nations Security Council Reform; 4. WELCOMES in that regard, the growing acceptance of the legitimacy of the Common African Position, which underscores that Africa deserves a place in the Permanent Category of the United Nations Security Council; 5. REAFFIRMS its strong commitment to the Common African Position espoused in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration as the only viable option for Africa’s full representation at the UN Security Council; 6. REITERATES that full representation of Africa in the United Nations Security Council means: i) Not less than two (02) permanent seats with all the prerogatives and privileges of permanent membership including the right of veto; ii) Five (05) non-permanent seats; iii) that the African Union reserves the right to select its representatives for election to the UN Security Council to act in its name and on its behalf; iv) that all African Union Member States should remain firmly committed to preserving Africa’s unity and solidarity on all aspects of the reform process of the UNSC, including participation within and outside the intergovernmental negotiations, AND to continue to speak cohesively with one voice in unity of purpose on all aspects of the reform process; v) that the African Union Member States in New York with dual membership should withdraw such membership from all other Interest Groups, in order to