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India dump the mission of Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council
According to latest BBC News reports concentrated six-year fight by India and three other candidates for a permanent seat on the Security Council of the United Nations, Brazil, Germany and Japan have failed for lack of support among Member States, and has even led to divisions in the group called the Four.
The collapse of the unit G-4 for permanent membership on the board main body in the world is evident in his recent letter to Assembly President, Joseph Deiss, and asked him to take charge of the intergovernmental negotiations on Council reform 15 members, a process that had been dropped and continued to circulate a resolution to expand the category of permanent and nonpermanent members.
However, the resolution, the G-4 had to be cut below their targets, won in his own words, with the promise of 80 or even a simple majority in the Assembly of 192 members in 128 votes, the most two thirds is required.
Critics of the G-4 said that since the resolution has not been tested on the floor of the Assembly, but his request of 80 Member States, as mentioned in paragraph G-4, could be a little exaggeration.
“This (claim 80), is an admission of defeat, to say the least, a shocking blow to their ambitions,” one European diplomat.
“It is clear that the reform model advocated by the G-4 is not acceptable to Member States.” Four months ago, G-4 has opted out of inter-governmental negotiations; said talks n has made no progress.
The G-4 has emphasized the need for Council reform, which reduced almost to a simple extension of the categories and ignoring other important issues, such as working methods, the veto, regional representation and relations between the General Assembly and Security Council.
During this period, representatives of the G-4, especially India, has almost gone door to door to convince a support for his resolution that would open the door to the category of permanent and nonpermanent members.
The Security Council currently has five permanent veto-wielding members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States and 10 non-permanent members elected for two years at a time.
Although a general agreement to expand the Council, in the process of reforming the United Nations, Member States are still sharply divided into the details, many of which are attached to their position.
In fact, the General Assembly President said there was little chance of reforming the Security Council in the near future, unless the groups firmly attached to their positions to forge a compromise on the issue at least temporarily.
Probably it is not possible to actually find a solution where one of these groups have all their wishes, said President Deiss.
Experts see the G-4 to appeal for negotiations to re-inter-governmental, in which Italy / Pakistan led Uniting for Consensus (UFC) is a major player, proof that their campaign to give the membership Permanent Council, at least for now.
Although their (G-4) action, they created an impasse for four months.
“It’s like going back to the procedure they had killed,” said one analyst. Thus, India and other group members were isolated.
The letter G-4, said: “We reiterate our full support to the process of intergovernmental negotiations. We hope to work constructively and in a spirit of flexibility with the other Member States to realize that an urgent reform of the Security Council.”
Shortly before the June 23 letter, a major Japanese newspaper also reported that the G-4 draft resolution did not “have made much progress in support of the votes.”
Therefore, the lines of division G-4 is still present, India is trying to lead the group.
An article published in Japanese newspapers Manicichi Shinbun note that the G-4 has started to abandon its initiative to bring resolution to a vote in the Assembly, because the chances of getting 128 votes is slim.
The article says that the UFC was held in Rome, where 120 different countries, while countries that support the current G-4 proposal for a number of 70-80.
According to Latest BBC News reports the Government officials said that at the meeting of June 6 G-4 New Delhi, Japan and Germany wanted to discuss the next steps appear to compromise, but India and Brazil would continue to press for resolution.
UFC group supports the consensus on the reform of the Council voting instead of division. The group also opposes the permanent members, but seeks the enlargement to 10 non-permanent categories, in which new members are elected for two years at a time, as well as the possibility of immediate re-election.
