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Title:The African States and the United Nations
Author:Spence, J.E.ISNI
Year:1964
Periodical:Optima
Volume:14
Issue:2
Pages:77-83
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subject:UN
Abstract:Africa now possesses with 33 seats in the General Assembly of the United Nations more than 25% of that body's voting strength and many of these new states are aware of the strength of their bargaining position. Some African leaders are convinced that Africa could play an active rôle in international politics; specifically the U.N. is regarded as an instrument to be used for keeping the cold war out of Africa and the position of collective action serving common interests is regarded as giving substance to the aspiration of pan-African unity. The new states also regard the U.N. as a convenient forum for expressing their discontent with relics of colonialism. Nevertheless they were at times divided on the policy to be pursued by the U.N. in bringing order and stability to the tangled affairs of the Congo. Angola and South Africa are two issues on which they are fundamentally united. The article ends with some conclusions of the author.
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