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Article: Yes, a Security Council seat for India America should insist

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February 10, 2003
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While the debate over authorizing war on Iraq puts the United Nations center stage, forces are converging offstage to change the UN Security Council for the better by giving India a permanent seat. In a rare instance of U.S. domestic politics and international interests coinciding, the Indian-American community is coming of age politically as America seeks a strategic alliance with India. The result could be a permanent Security Council seat for the world's largest democracy, which governs the affairs of one in six human beings. Clearly, a seat for India would make the body more representative and democratic ­ more so than, say, a seat for Japan or Germany, two of ...

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