[Changleen]

Very interesting....

Blair questions UNSC membership authority

Saturday, May 27, 2006 (Washington):

British premier Tony Blair has questioned the legitimacy of the permanent membership of the UN Security Council in the current scheme of things.

"A Security Council which has France as a permanent member, but not Germany; Britain, but not Japan; China, but not India -- to say nothing about of absence of proper representation from Latin America or Africa -- cannot be legitimate in the modern world," Blair said.

"I used to think that this problem was intractable. The competing interests are so strong," he said.

Reform

"But I am now sure that we need reform. If necessary, let us agree of some form of interim change that can be a bridge to a future settlement. But we need to get it done" the British Prime Minister said.

On India's membership issue, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said that while discussions were going on a number of aspects related to the UN, there was no change in the current American policy--of pushing only for Japan at the present time.

"There are a number of different plans out there for Security Council reform. This was a hot topic just toward the end of last year," McCormack said.

"It's still a topic about which we have conversations with India, with Japan, with other countries that are interested in gaining a seat on the Security Council" he said.

"At this point, the only country for which we have come out in favor of a Security Council seat is Japan," he informed.

He added that there was, at this point, no change to that. (PTI)

A gamble that all these other countries would side with the US and UK against sceanareos where China and Russia are 'causing problems'...

Can't see this going far, but it might be good actually.

 

[Changleen]

Uh, this could be kind of important...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Uh, this could be kind of important...

Kinda...I guess... The U.N. Security Council hasn't done anything of importance in years. Save screwing things up and getting "peacekeepers" dead....

I say shake the system up...Blair has a point. It's a popularity contest just like high school. Ya really think the student body president was there for anything else but getting drunk, high, and laid....pfffft.

 

[Changleen]

It seems all the UNSC does is pass resolutions that no-one listens to, or try to pass resolutions that are veto'd.

If it was a more representaive and 'fairer' body, maybe things could actually be resolved by it?