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The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously at the U.N. Friday, August 4, 2000, to strenghten the mandate and resources of the 13,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone. The U.N. commander in Sierra Leone told the council Thursday that he needs more troops quickly and the United States, which had opposed any troop increase, announced that it will support a strengthening of the U.N. contingent. (AP Photo/United Nations, Eskinder Debebe)

August 6, 2000 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Leaders of the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council will meet during next month's Millennium Summit to discuss the council's role in maintaining peace, especially in Africa.

The Sept. 7 meeting will be only the second of leaders of the member nations. The first, on Jan. 31, 1992, was attended by then U.S. President George Bush, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The leaders will consider the topic, "Ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, particularly in Africa," Malaysia's U.N. Ambassador Hasmy Agam, the current council president said Friday.

The Sept. 6-8 Millennium Summit in New York will be the largest-ever gathering of world leaders.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited leaders from all 188 U.N. member states to U.N. headquarters in New York to discuss the role of the world body in the 21st century. So far, 160 heads of state and government have accepted.

The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China. The 10 elected members, whose terms rotate every two years, are Canada, the Netherlands, Jamaica, Ukraine, Tunisia, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Argentina and Bangladesh.