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Article: United we stand; The UN Security Council.(Reforming the UN Security Council)(United Nations)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2005
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An unexpected agreement on expansion
THE Americans may have miscalculated. Their attempt to nip reform of the United Nations Security Council in the bud has been foiled--for the moment at least. This week, the momentum for a bigger, more representative council got a vital new fillip when the four countries pressing for permanent seats--Japan, India, Brazil and Germany--clinched an agreement with the 53-member African Union (AU) to present a joint resolution on expansion to the General Assembly, thereby greatly increasing its chances of success.
Hitherto, the Africans had been insisting on seven new council seats for Africa, including two permanent ones ...