African leaders have called on the international community to transform the U.N. Security Council into a more representative and inclusive body. The UN Security Council consists of 15 members. Five are permanent members with veto power - Britain, France, China, Russia and the US. They wield enormous power on all Council decisions.The other ten non-permanent members are elected on a regional basis to two-year terms. Some of the international leaders attending the UN General Assembly in New York, have warned that without changes, it will be impossible to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals that the gathering adopted last Friday. President Jacob Zuma told the gathering, that "almost no progress" has been achieved on the commitment undertaken by world leaders in 2005, to reform the U.N. Security Council. His sentiments have found common ground with other leaders. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Lebohang Pheko a senior research fellow for the Trade Collective and Prof Chris Landsberg who is the Chair of the African Diplomacy at the University of Johannesburg.