At the United Nations, Pakistan has reaffirmed its strong opposition to thedrive by the Group of Four including India, Brazil, Germany and Japan forpermanent seats on the Security Council.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the world body Munir Akram takingpart in a debate said there is no justification for creating new centers ofprivilege within the UN.
He said any country seeking more frequent presence on the Security Councilshould do so by subjecting itself to the democratic process of periodicelection by the General Assembly.
Referring to Italy/Pakistan-led Uniting for Consensus group’s bid forexpansion of the 15-member Council only in the two-year non-permanentcategory, Munir Akram said the group remains staunchly opposed to proposalsfor permanent membership for individual member states.
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The Pakistani envoy said UfC continues to believe that its proposal for acomprehensive reform of the Security Council offers the best basis for acompromise.
Citing the inability of permanent members to agree on decisive action, hesaid that adding new permanent Members will only multiply the prospect ofparalysis.
