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The Uniting for Consensus group of about 40 nations,
led by Pakistan and Italy, are trying to block attempts by G-4
to expand the number of permanent seats in the Council.
Reacting to Pakistan's previous objections to the
negotiating text, Tanin said in March, "Pakistan has views and
reservations about how the text is going to be produced but
Pakistan was not against the text being produced."
The G-4 favour expansion to six more permanent seats
and four non-permanent seats. Two each of the new permanent
members would be from Asia and Africa, and one each from Latin
America and Europe.
Most countries in the GA also favour expansion in both
categories, according to a report on recent negotiations.
"My distinguished colleague from Pakistan seems to
believe that having more permanent members would make the
Council more opaque and elitist," Puri had said earlier.
"The issue is not whether a Council with five
permanent members and ten elected ones is more efficient than
one with 25 members with a few more permanent members. We
should go into the causes for the Council being ineffective,
as composed today, which is why we are having these
negotiations," he added. PTI BS
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