NEW DELHI/NEW YORK: India and other G4 countries said that they are willing to consider temporarily suspending their veto rights when and if they are made permanent members of the UN Security Council.
This change of heart is meant to hasten the process of making the G4 countries – India, Brazil, Germany and Japan – permanent members of the elite UN body sooner rather than later, diplomats at the UN said.
A proposal to this effect was set forward on Tuesday by India’s Permanent Representative, Syed Akbaruddin, who was speaking on behalf of the G4 at the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Council reforms.
In the scenario G4 proposes, the new permanent members will, in principle, have veto powers that the current five members have. They just won’t exercise the veto until a decision, specifically on this matter, has been taken during a review. However, the bid by the four states to become permanent members of the UNSC is strongly opposed by Uniting for Consensus (UfC), a 13-member group that includes Pakistan. Ufc wants to create a new category of elected membership with longer terms than the current two years to democratise the organisation.
However, the bid by the four states to become permanent members of the UNSC is strongly opposed by Uniting for Consensus (UfC), a 13-member group that includes Pakistan. Ufc wants to create a new category of elected membership with longer terms than the current two years to democratise the organisation.
