Countries confirm that Algeria’s winning of non-permanent membership in the Security Council is a gain for Arabs and Africans – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazaeryia

Many countries have expressed their conviction that the election of Algeria as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period 2024-2025 is a win for Arabs and Africans, stressing that this will contribute to upholding the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and preserving international pluralism.
And the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Al-Miqdad, expressed his joy and his country’s “extreme” joy with this “great achievement, with the results of the vote and the support of 184 countries, led by the Syrian Arab Republic,” noting that “this reflects the amount of confidence and appreciation that Algeria enjoys on the international scene.” “.
Al-Miqdad praised, on the occasion, “Algeria’s great support for the Syrian people during the years of the fierce war that they were exposed to, and in the face of the catastrophe of the devastating earthquake that the country witnessed recently,” stressing “the pride in the high-level cooperation between the two brotherly countries.”
Al-Miqdad added, “The election of brotherly Algeria to membership in this important international forum is nothing but an extension of its great success in chairing the Arab League summit in the last period.”
We are confident that sisterly Algeria, the country of one and a half million martyrs, has been and will always be able to assume its responsibilities as an active member of the international community and the best representative of Arab and African countries, and that it will contribute, through its membership in the Security Council, to upholding the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and strengthening international peace and security. , and the preservation of international pluralism away from Western hegemony attempts.
The minister stressed that the Syrian government will spare no effort to ensure the success of Algeria’s membership in the Security Council, “in a way that serves Arab issues and the common interests of the two brotherly peoples and countries.”
In turn, the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Tariq Ahmed of Wimbledon, congratulated the five countries (Algeria, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Guyana and Slovenia) elected to the Security Council for the period 2024-2025, stressing that “their views and experiences in the field of international peace and security will be very valuable to help meet international challenges.”
Russia, through its embassy in Algiers, also congratulated Algeria on this election, and said in a statement: “The Embassy of the Russian Federation to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria congratulates the friendly Algerian people on the election of Algeria as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,” expressing its “wishes to the Algerian delegation.” With the UN Security Council, success and fruitful and constructive work for the benefit of humanity.
Russia stressed that “this event is of great importance for the Arab countries, the African continent and the whole world,” pointing to “Algeria’s increased diplomatic and economic weight in a rapidly changing multipolar world, as well as its efforts to support peace and security and the tremendous work it is doing in the context of resolving crises in Mali and Libya.
As for the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas, she also extended her congratulations to her Algerian counterpart, Ammar Ben Jemaa, highlighting in her “tweet” via “Twitter”: “We at the United Nations look forward to working together with Algeria to face many urgent international challenges.” .
The African Union Mission to the United Nations also extended its congratulations for the election of Algeria and Sierra Leone to the term from 2024 to 2025, stressing that it also looks forward to working with the two countries in order to maintain international peace and security, especially in Africa.
For its part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad confirmed that it received with “satisfaction” the news of this “great diplomatic success” for Algeria, which will add to this international forum “a strong voice that contributes to the defense of Arab and African strategic issues and interests and to the promotion of global peace and security.”
Always from Mauritania, researcher and political analyst Boun Ould Bahi affirmed that Algeria’s acquisition of non-permanent membership in the Security Council by an overwhelming majority is “an achievement for us as Arabs and Africans that should be taken advantage of,” adding that this “opens the way for Arabs and Africans to pin great hopes on the role of Algeria is in the most important executive organ of the United Nations to raise all the issues of the continent.
Regarding the reform of the UN Security Council, Mr. Ould Bahi said that Algeria “will play a prominent role in defending the rights of Arabs and Africans”, since these countries are not fairly represented in this body, wondering: “How can countries be equal in sovereignty if some of them are permanent Membership, and he has the right to veto decisions, and others do not have the right to do so?