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Countries
ask for 'tangible' reform of UN Security Council
Saturday February 12, 2011 10:46:11 AM,
DPA
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New York: The four
countries seeking permanent seats on the UN Security Council
Friday called for "tangible results" in the momentum of UN reform
to improve the body's effectiveness and credibility.
Germany, Brazil, India and Japan - dubbed the G4 - have been
seeking a status on a par with the current council's five
permanent members: the US, Russia, China, France and Britain.
Envoys from the G4 met with Joseph Deiss, the president of the
192-nation assembly that is responsible for reforming the council.
The council is the only UN body with authority over world peace
and security, whose decisions are binding on UN members.
Deiss said the G4 expressed their views on reform and highlighted
"their wish to reach tangible results in the near future".
Deiss said also that the G4 recognized that council reform is part
of an overall
effort to build UN credibility.
"They concurred that this reform is part of the broad global
governance agenda and that, for the credibility of the
organization, it is important to adapt the UN to the realities of
today's world," Deiss said.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, whose
country currently holds the presidency of the 15-nation council,
told reporters that there is now a "great interest" in reforming
the body.
"I sense a growing momentum (for reform) in the developing world,"
he said. "There is more commitment to the reform than in the past
and the coalition for reforming the council seems very engaged and
it wants to move forward."
Patriota met with foreign ministers Guido Westerwelle of Germany
and S.M. Krishna of India and Japan's Vice Foreign Minister
Takeaki Matsumoto at the Indian mission to the United Nations in
New York to discuss their move.
He said the meeting was part of a "regular process" that the four
countries have been holding since their initial campaign in 2005
for permanent seats in an enlarged council. Patriota warned
against high expectations, however, saying that the meeting with
Deiss helped the G4 to plan ahead.
Proposals have called for enlarging the council from the current
15 members to over 20 members, with an expansion of both the
permanent seats and elected members.
The current council is composed of five permanent members with
veto power - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain, the
victors of World War II - and 10 members elected for two-year
terms.
Germany, Brazil and India are currently serving two-year terms on
the council. Japan occupied temporary membership on the council
for more than 10 terms.
The G4 launched their campaign in 2005 for the permanent seats,
but the move was stalled by the slow-paced UN reform of the
council and by countries that opposed them. Italy, Pakistan, South
Korea and China banded together to oppose the G4.
African countries like South Africa and Nigeria also wanted to
become permanent members.
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