Russia and China remain opposed to new members, such as South Africa and other BRICS members, seeking permanent membership.
Following its summits and other meetings, BRICS’ statements includelike those used after its foreign ministers met last week on the General Assembly sidelines. The statement said China and Russia reiterated the importance they attach to the status and role of Brazil, India and South Africa in international affairs and support “their aspiration to play a greater role” in the UN. A “greater role” yes, but permanent membership of the Security Council? Apparently not.
One could argue that there’s also a measure of hypocrisy in the reform proposals of the US, UK and France , since all three want to retain the veto while likely not extending it to new permanent members. It is, after all, from their vetoes that the P5 ultimately derive their power in the Security Council.
to end both the veto and permanent membership in favour of a proportional system of elections to an enlarged and reformed council, bound by four technical criteria for candidacy. Elect the Council is an international campaign to reform the Security Council based at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria.
Yet the practical problem would remain: how to get that proposal past the vetoes of the P5. If they don’t want to give up their vetoes in an expanded permanent membership, why would they do so for a fully elected council? And even if the P3 are more flexible than before Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia and China are now likely to be more rigidly opposed to reform.
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