The African Union Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (C10) Ministerial meeting on the reform of the United Nations Security Council is underway at the Commonwealth Speke Hotel in Munyonyo, Kampala.
President Yoweri Museveni is expected to officially open the meeting which started today and ends tomorrow.
According to the foreign affairs ministry, during the meeting, the ministers will take stock of the recent developments in the ongoing Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) at the UN General Assembly, and map out a forward-thinking strategy for constructive engagement around the Common African Position.
The African Union Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (C-10) was set up by the African Union (AU) with the mandate to advocate and canvass the African Common Position on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform.
The African Common Position, also known as Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration is named after a valley in Swaziland where the agreement was made by African Leaders in 2005, before it was adopted at an Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union in Addis Ababa.
"The ultimate objective of the C-10 is to unanimously and unequivocally chart out a common African position and build the momentum required for Africa to demand its rightful place within the United Nations system," reads a statement from the ministry.
The C-10 is currently chaired by Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone who also doubles as the Coordinator of the Committee of Ten.
Members of this Committee include the Heads of State and Government of Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Libya, Namibia, Equatorial Guinea and Uganda.