UN General Assembly
1963

202. Because of this impetus towards growth, the Upper Volta believes that any redistribution of the seats without an increase in their number would be unnecessarily difficult as well as ineffective and unjust, and would create resentment which it would be unwise to minimize. It is to the interest neither of the Organization nor of Africa that the participation of some Member States should be restricted to the advantage of certain others. On the contrary, the participation of all States should be increased, so as to provide our Organization with a more rational structure, better adapted to present circumstances. 203. We should like the coming changes to result in the permanent reservation of a definite number of seats for Africa, under a gentleman's agreement taking account of the African States' share in the membership. Thanks to an appropriate system for the rotation of these seats, Africa would be able to appoint to them, every two or three years, whichever States were in the best position to defend African interests.