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New York, Sep 28 At the end of his weeklong visit to United
Nations and New York, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed
optimism about India getting a permanent seat in an expanded UN
Security Council.
Mr Mukherjee is also hopeful that Shashi Tharoor, India's
candidate for the post of Secretary-General, will succeed Kofi Annam.
"It's high time for reforms at the United Nations, including the
Security Council," he told a news conference yesterday. "There is
consensus on UN reforms, but not on how to achieve the same. We are
confident that India will find a place among the permanent members."
The Security Council currently has five permanent members -- the
United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- and 10
non-permanent members serving for two years and representing
different regions of the world. A UN committee in late 2004
recommended that the membership of the Council be increased. But so
far no action has been taken by the world body.
On Tharoor, currently UN Under-Secretary-General for public
information, the minister said, "He's scored reasonably well (in two
informal straw polls). Let's see what'll happen."
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