The U.S. has expressed support for expanding the United Nations Security Council to include permanent seats for India, Japan, Germany, and African nations, while opposing an extension of veto power for new members. This move aims to address contemporary global challenges and reflect current geopolitical realities.
America has reiterated its support for the demand to give permanent seats to India, Japan and Germany in the United Nations Security Council. Many countries of the world including India have been demanding changes in the United Nations Security Council for a long time. America has also given its support to the demand for reform in the Security Council. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield made this announcement on Thursday. He also said that apart from temporary membership for African countries in the Security Council, America also supports giving two permanent seats to Africa. However, America has made it clear that it is not in favor of expanding the veto power.
America has also supported creating new elected seats in the Security Council for small island and developing countries. However, the US Ambassador did not clearly express his support for Brazil. India, Japan, Germany and Brazil, which are part of the G4 countries, have long been supporting each other to give permanent seats in the Security Council. Thomas Greenfield said that ‘India has the largest population in the world and we really strongly support its being in the Council. I think there is no basis for not including India in it, but there are people who will oppose different countries for various reasons. This will be discussed further.’
A top US official also supported giving India a permanent seat in the Security Council. Along with this, he also demanded permanent representation to Latin American countries and Caribbean countries besides India. However, the official reiterated that the US does not support extending the veto to new permanent members. Clarifying the US stand, the official said that ‘Our stand on the veto has not changed. We believe that extending the veto will create more deadlock in the Council.’
India has been campaigning for years to reform the Security Council. India says that the 15-nation council established in 1945 is not right for the purpose of the 21st century and does not reflect contemporary geopolitical conditions. A polarised Security Council has also failed to address current peace and security challenges. India cited the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas conflict as examples of the Security Council’s failure.
