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Algeria Vows to be Voice of Africans, Arabs at Security Council

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Algerian Presidency)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Algerian Presidency)
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Algeria Vows to be Voice of Africans, Arabs at Security Council

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Algerian Presidency)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Algerian Presidency)

Algeria pledged on Tuesday to campaign for an African request that ensures a higher representation of the continent in the UN Security Council by granting it five, instead of three non-permanent seats.

Algeria’s pledges came as the North African country began its two-year mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

On the occasion, Algerian state media published a report saying this year will be devoted to fulfilling the strong commitment repeatedly expressed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to bring the voice of Africa to this central UN body..

Meanwhile, the flag of Sierra Leone was seen Tuesday in the streets of the Algerian capital, announcing the possible visit of its president, Julius Maada Wonie Bio.

The two countries assumed their roles as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, representing the African continent. The Algerian presidency has not announced the visit.

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UN: Most of Lebanon's Displacement Shelters are Full

Internally displaced people are pictured in downtown Beirut on October 2, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Internally displaced people are pictured in downtown Beirut on October 2, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
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UN: Most of Lebanon's Displacement Shelters are Full

Internally displaced people are pictured in downtown Beirut on October 2, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Internally displaced people are pictured in downtown Beirut on October 2, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

UN officials said on Friday most of Lebanon's nearly 900 shelters were full and that people fleeing Israeli military strikes were increasingly sleeping out in the open in streets or in public parks.
"Most of the nearly 900 government established collective shelters in Lebanon have no more capacity," the UN refugee agency's Rula Amin told a Geneva press briefing. She said that they were working with local authorities to find more sites and that some hotels were opening their doors.
"People are sleeping in public parks, on the street, the beach," said Mathieu Luciano, the International Organization For Migration's office head in Lebanon. He confirmed that most shelters were full, including those in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, but said some others had space.
He voiced concern about the fate of tens of thousands of mostly female live-in domestic workers in Lebanon whom he said were being "abandoned" by their employers. "They face very limited shelter options," he said, adding that many of them came from Egypt, Sudan and Sri Lanka.
Lebanese authorities say more than 1.2 million Lebanese have been displaced and nearly 2,000 people killed since the start of Israeli conflict with Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group over the last year, most of them over the past two weeks.
On Friday, Israeli strikes sealed off Lebanon's main border crossing with Syria, blocking the way for vehicles, although the UNHCR's Amin said that some were crossing on foot.
"We could see that some people were walking, desperate to flee Lebanon, and so they walked actually through that destroyed road," she said.