Leaders of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia have called for UNSC reform
The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) countries - the United States, India, Japan and Australia - have called for reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to include new permanent members. This follows a joint statement issued on September 21 on the White House website following the meeting.
"We will reform the UN Security Council, recognizing the critical need to make it more representative, inclusive, transparent, effective, democratic and accountable by expanding the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership on the UN Security Council," the document reads.
QUAD countries believe that the expansion of permanent seats on the revamped Security Council should include representation of new countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Earlier, on June 27, the Secretary General of the organization, António Guterres, called the first task in the reform of the UNSC the allocation of a seat for Africa. He recalled that there is no permanent member from the African continent in the UN Security Council and this is difficult to change. However, it is necessary to start a process on which it will be possible to reach consensus.
