Liberia: On 2nd Thoughts: Liberia’s Bid for the UN Security Council-A Historic Opportunity for Economic Growth and National Unity

By Othello B. Garblah

The 193 member states of the United Nations are poised to head to the polls in June this year to elect ten new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council. The newly elected members will join the five permanent members, who possess veto powers, to serve rotational terms of two years each. The Security Council is the UN’s primary organ tasked with maintaining international peace and security.

Liberia, a founding member of the United Nations since June 1945, is…