Pak opposes UNSC expansion in permanent category

Pakistan will continue to oppose the expansion of the UN Security Council in the permanent category.

Pakistan has sent a clear signal that it would continue to oppose the expansion of the UN Security Council in the permanent category in the forthcoming inter-government negotiations on world body reforms.

Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan maintained the expansion should be only in the non-permanent category.

“The Security Council reform must enlarge the representation of all member States rather than expand the circle of the privileged,” Khan said addressing the United Nations General Assembly.

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Pakistan leads a group of member States who argue that they do not want to increase the “centers of power” but are prepared to increase the number of years a non-permanent member can serve from the current two years and even provide for re-election.

Currently, a retiring member cannot immediately seek re-election.

India, Germany, Japan and Brazil, called Group of Four, are strong contenders for permanent seats in an expanded Council.

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