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India has rejected as fallacious a proposal to increase the non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council as an interim measure saying any reform that does not increase permanent membership would be incomplete and futile.
Pointing out that an overwhelming majority of member states strongly supports expansion in both the categories,India’s UN Ambassador Nirupam Sen said any reform would be incomplete and futile if there is no increase in the number of permanent members from the existing five.
Participating in the informal inter-governmental discussion on the expansion of the 15-member Council,Sen strongly rubbished the argument of a minority of member States that since the expansion of both categories cannot be fulfilled,the interim option is the best way forward.
Though he did not name any country,Pakistan is one of the supporters of the intermediate option which envisages expanding non permanent category and reviewing the issue after a set number of years.
Sen said such an argument is fallacious as the number of countries which oppose the interim model far exceed those who support it.
Currently,the Council has 15 members including five permanent ¿ the United States,Britain,Russia,France and China with veto power ¿ and ten non-permanent members who are elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term.
