Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Monday said that Pakistan firmly opposed the creation of new permanent seats at the Security Council.
Addressing the General Assembly session on Security Council reforms, Lodhi termed the creation of new permanent seats “the antithesis of principles enshrined in the UN Charter”.
She said Pakistan supported expansion of non-permanent seats in the Security Council to make it more democratic, accountable, transparent and effective.
She further said that the current long deadlock in Security Council reforms process was due to a handful of states seeking to promote a self arrogated right to an unequal status.