AHG/Dec.129 (XXIV)
MODALITIES OF ROTATION FOR TWO SEATS BEING CLAIMED BY AFRICA ON THE ENLARGED SECURITY COUNCIL
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-fourth Ordinary Session in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 8 to 10 June, 1998,
Considering its Declaration AHG/Decl. 3 (XXXIII) of 4 June 1997 on the reform of the UN Security Council;
Having considered the follow-up report of this Declaration presented by the African Group at the United Nations and the proposals contained therein:
DECIDES to adopt the following modalities of rotation for the two seats Permanent Members being claimed by Africa on the enlarged Security Council:
Nomination of candidates in each of the five African sub-regions;
Drawing up of a list of candidates from the candidatures thus submitted to it;
Preparation of a basket from which the Heads of State and Government will select two candidates to occupy the two seats. The two candidates should belong to two different sub-regions to be designated by the Heads of State and Government;
Adoption of the same process of selecting African candidates for the subsequent elections in the remaining sub-regions;
Determination, by the Heads of State and Government, of the duration of the mandate of the two candidates elected as permanent members of the enlarged Security Council.