Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
Recently, during the meeting of G-7 countries, the UN Secretary-General said that the UN Security Council should be reformed.
The United Nations Security Council reflects the distribution of powers at the time of its establishment, and it should redistribute powers according to the needs of the present day.
UN Security Council
- It is the most important unit of the structure of the United Nations, which was formed in the year 1945 during the Second World War.
- Its headquarter is in New York. The Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
- It is primarily responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
- It has five permanent members (US, UK, France, Russia and China) who have veto power.
- In addition to the permanent member countries in the Security Council, there are also 10 non-permanent members, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for a period of two years according to the regional basis, they do not get the right of veto.
- Its permanent and non-permanent members become the president of the council for one month each in turn.
- India is a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the period from 2021 to 2023.
G4 Nations
- Japan, Germany, Brazil and India are the members of this group.
- These countries seek to increase the number of permanent and non-permanent members of the UN Security Council and also support each other for permanent membership.
- As democracies with shared political values, including respect for the rule of law and human rights, and a commitment to multilateralism, the G-4 countries share a common perspective on major contemporary challenges to international peace and security.
“Coffee Club”
- It includes 13 countries like Pakistan, South Korea, Egypt, Spain, Argentina Mexico and Italy.
- These countries oppose the expansion of permanent membership of the Security Council, and demand expansion of temporary membership.
Source – Hindustan Times
