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Article: India and the U.N. U.S. should push for Security Council seat.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2008
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Byline: Gus Bilirakis, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Allies created the U.N. Security Council at the end of World War II and charged it with maintaining international peace and security. Five nations were granted permanent membership at a time when the Soviet Union occupied half of Europe, China was the most powerful Asian country and Great Britain and France controlled worldwide empires.
During the 60-plus years since then, the permanent membership roster has remained static in a world radically transformed by global economic and security power realignments. The U.N. Security Council was established before anyone ever heard of NATO, the European ...