Home>News Center>World
             
     

    Brazil introduces UN Council reform plan
    (Agencies)
    Updated: 2005-07-12 17:14

    Brazil formally introduced a proposal to reform the Security Council on Monday, a move that could bring the United Nations a step closer to ending a decade-long debate about the composition of its most powerful body.

    Yet the negative response the draft resolution drew from a familiar group of opponents underscored just how divided the United Nations remains.

    Nearly all the 191 U.N. member states agree that the 15-nation council in its current form is an anachronism of the post-World War II era, no longer an accurate reflection of the world's landscape of power. But so far there's been no agreement on how to change it.

    The proposal from Brazil, Japan, Germany and India would expand the council from 15 to 25 members, adding six permanent seats without veto power and four non-permanent seats. Those four each want a permanent seat, with the other two earmarked for Africa.

    The so-called group of four could seek a vote on its proposal as early as the end of the week.

    Brazil's U.N. Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg repeated his supporters' main arguments — that any other proposals won't correct the council's balance.

    "As for the argument that working to bring this issue to a conclusion after 12 years of discussion is somehow still premature, we can only consider it beguiling," Sardenberg said.

    Opponents of the idea retorted with their argument: that the so-called Group of Four's bid is nothing more than a bid for power.

    "The seekers of special privileges and power masquerade as the champions of the weak and disadvantaged, asserting that the special privileges that the seek would make the council more rep and neutral," said Pakistan's U.N. Ambassador Munir Akram.

    Akram is a leading proponent of an alternate proposal, from a group calling itself "Uniting for Consensus." Their proposal would add only non-permanent members who would face periodic election.

    The intensity of the debate has only heated up since March, when U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he wanted a decision on council expansion before September, when world leaders will gather at the United Nations for a summit.



    Space shuttle Discovery launch delayed
    Blair plans measures to uproot extremism
    Pakistan train crash carnage kills 128
     
      Today's Top News     Top World News
     

    Taiwan's KMT Party to elect new leader Saturday

     

       
     

    'No trouble brewing,' beer industry insists

     

       
     

    Critics see security threat in Unocal bid

     

       
     

    DPRK: Nuke-free peninsula our goal

     

       
     

    Workplace death toll set to soar in China

     

       
     

    No foreign controlling stakes in steel firms

     

       
      Judge: Saddam trial could begin next month
       
      DPRK: Nuke-free peninsula our goal
       
      Pakistan train crash carnage kills 128
       
      NASA delays shuttle launch till Saturday
       
      Annan advocates UN Council expansion now
       
      Israel seals off Gaza Strip settlements
       
     
      Go to Another Section  
     
     
      Story Tools  
       
      Related Stories  
       
    Brazil trounce Argentina 4-1, win Confederations Cup
       
    Brazil captures Confederations Cup
       
    Argentina beats Brazil 2-1 to reach final
      News Talk  
      Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
    Advertisement
             
    99精品人妻无码专区在线视频区| 日无码在线观看| 少女视频在线观看完整版中文| 中文字幕乱码无码人妻系列蜜桃 | 中文无码不卡的岛国片| 亚洲无码高清在线观看| 无码人妻黑人中文字幕| 无码乱码av天堂一区二区| 台湾佬中文娱乐网22| 亚洲精品国产日韩无码AV永久免费网 | 日韩精品无码人成视频手机| 一二三四社区在线中文视频| 久久久91人妻无码精品蜜桃HD| 亚洲av无码一区二区乱子伦as | 亚洲成AV人在线播放无码| а天堂中文在线官网| 韩国中文字幕毛片| 乱色精品无码一区二区国产盗| 亚洲午夜福利AV一区二区无码| 最新中文字幕在线视频| 天堂…中文在线最新版在线| 中文字幕亚洲欧美日韩2019| 久久久久无码精品| 极品粉嫩嫩模大尺度无码视频| 精品无码人妻夜人多侵犯18| 色窝窝无码一区二区三区色欲| 亚洲AV日韩AV永久无码绿巨人| 国产亚洲精久久久久久无码77777 国产又爽又黄无码无遮挡在线观看 | 亚洲精品无码高潮喷水在线| 国产在线无码精品电影网| 久久久久亚洲AV片无码下载蜜桃| 亚洲中文字幕视频国产| 中文无码一区二区不卡αv| 天堂а√在线地址中文在线| 国产精品综合专区中文字幕免费播放| 无码中文av有码中文a| 精品久久久久久无码中文字幕一区 | 无码国产精品一区二区免费| 最近2019中文字幕大全第二页| 最近最新中文字幕视频| 成人无码AV一区二区|