The United States has proposed expanding the number of permanent members of the UN Security Council by six seats, but not granting new members veto power, writes The Washington Post, citing senior US officials and UN diplomats.
US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is consulting with diplomats from 193 member states of the organization to get feedback on the Security Council expansion project ahead of the annual meeting of world leaders in New York this fall, according to the publication.
The newspaper’s sources said that the United States had already proposed the accession of Germany, India and Japan as permanent members of the Security Council, France and the United Kingdom supported this idea, offering also to give a permanent seat in the body to Brazil and at least one African country.
According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, the American side is trying to “reach some consensus on a reasonable, credible proposal that could really succeed and lead to reforms.”
Source: Rosbalt
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