By King\u2019s Office Correspondents<\/p>\n
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN \u2013 Japan has endorsed the Ezulwini Consensus to reform the United Nations Security Council and ensure Africa\u2019s voice in global peace.<\/p>\n
This endorsement was made by the former Japanese Prime Minister, Kishida Fumio, at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) yesterday. He was speaking during a session on peace and stability.<\/p>\n
Representing the Japanese government, Kishida emphasised the need for fair African representation on the UN Security Council, as outlined in the Ezulwini Consensus.<\/p>\n
He stated: \u201cJapan will work with Africa to achieve fair representation, sharing responsibility for international security.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Ezulwini Consensus, which was adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2005, calls for two permanent and five non-permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa to address global imbalances.<\/p>\n
Kishida\u2019s call aligns with Eswatini\u2019s advocacy, as a member of the AU Peace and Security Council (2025\u20132028) and incoming Chairperson of the SADC Troika on Defence, Peace and Security.<\/p>\n
Kishida highlighted Japan\u2019s commitment to African peace through capacity-building for transparent elections and community resilience. He noted: \u201cWe aim to support transparent elections to ensure stability across African nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Japan will also advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, fostering women\u2019s leadership and economic independence.<\/p>\n
Kishida cited Japan\u2019s projects in Northeast Nigeria and Liberia, stating: \u201cThese efforts build resilience in communities affected by conflict and climate change.<\/p>\n
\u201d Japan said it will partner with the AU to support African-led solutions to violent extremism and political transitions. \u201cTogether, we can create a future of peace and prosperity, aligned with the AU\u2019s Agenda 2063 and TICAD\u2019s aspirations,\u201d said the former prime minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By King\u2019s Office Correspondents YOKOHAMA, JAPAN \u2013 Japan has endorsed the Ezulwini Consensus to reform the United Nations…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22,23,24,25,29,26,27],"tags":[46,73,48,49,58,78],"class_list":["post-1735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-eswatini-daily-news","category-finance","category-future","category-national","category-science-future","category-swaziland","category-taiwan","tag-africa","tag-eswatini","tag-feature","tag-human-interest","tag-national","tag-taiwan","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n