"S. Africa ready to serve as UN Security Council member"

South Africa is ready to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to serve the people of Africa and the world, President Thabo Mbekisaid on Friday.

Speaking at National Heritage Day celebrations in the country's central city of Kimberley, Mbeki said while he was at the 59 assembly of the UN this week, "many asked if South Africa would serve as a permanent member of the Security Council."

"South Africa is ready to serve the people of Africa and the people of the world in the Security Council," the president was quoted as saying by the South African Press Association.

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Western powers have shown how ineffective the UN is, since the US and UK have demonstrated they can break international laws, and so far not be held legally accountable. Israel flouts international laws and UN warnings. One wonders what African nations feel they can do about that.