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South Africa Secures Seat on UN Security Council for Third Time

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Expand The United Nations Security Council meets on Syria at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 16, 2018. © 2018 Reuters South Africa secured a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the third time on Friday. The seat offers a chance for South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to restore the country’s human rights-based foreign policy. This latest term will be for 2019-2020. During its January summit, the African Union (AU) endorsed South Africa’s candidacy for the seat. It was the only African country backed by the regional body. South Africa will replace…

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