Top officials from three African nations have called for the continent to have a permanent representative on the Security Council, saying it was a travesty that the region that comprises so much of the body’s work does not have a permanent place.

The United Kingdom today called for a radical overhaul of the United Nations including enlarging the Security Council to make up for the failure to fully face new challenges posed by a global map that has radically changed sin

Presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers gathered today at the Security Council, the primary United Nations body responsible for keeping the world at peace, for its first meeting in nearly two decades devoted to updating the tools at its disposal for its ever-expanding role.