Ghana, Kenya and Gabon, three non-permanent African members of the Security Council, requested a closed meeting of this body on Tuesday on the January 24 coup in Burkina Faso, we learned. this Friday, February 4 from diplomatic sources.
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Ghana, which holds the rotating presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), could during this session propose the adoption of a joint statement by the Council condemning the coup State, according to the same sources.
Since the overthrow by the military of President-elect Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, placed under house arrest, the Security Council has remained silent, without taking a position or meeting.
The holding of the session on Tuesday, February 8 has yet to be confirmed by Russia, current President of the Security Council in February and which controls its work program.
According to a diplomatic source speaking on condition of anonymity, Kenya would have preferred to delay the holding of the Council meeting on Burkina Faso until February 15, but other countries considered this date too late.
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, had reacted for his part on January 25 on Burkina by affirming that the “
military coups were unacceptable
”.
“
The role of the military must be to defend their country and their people, not to attack their government and fight for power
,” he said then.
Thursday, February 3, ECOWAS, meeting at the summit, refrained from imposing sanctions against Burkina, which had previously been suspended from the organization's bodies.
On the other hand, it has decided to maintain its sanctions against Mali and Guinea, two countries where soldiers have also taken power by force, in 2020 and 2021.