From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: India Staked Claim for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 23:30:43 GMT


Source	: The CGI
Date	: Sept 27, 1992
Country	: India

Topics:
* India staked its claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
* Sidhartha Shankar Ray India's new Ambassador to the US 
* Nine Naxalites belonging to the PWG and two policemen killed in A.P
* Prime Minister to hand-pick successor in Andhra Pradesh
* Seven die in Hyderabad
* A.P Legislative assembly to take up appropriation bill

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* India Staked Claim for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council

United Nations: Sept 25 -  For the first time India has formally staked its 
claim for a permanent seat on the UN security council as and when it is 
expanded.
	Indian minister of state for external affairs Eduardo Faleiro 
departed from prepared text while addressing the UN general assembly on 
Friday to stress that along with economic criteria, other relevant criteria 
should also be given due consideration in the expansion of the council, which 
is the UN's main decision making body.
	Japan, Germany and Brazil are among the other nations who are
aspiring for a permanent position on the council which is at present
has five permanent and ten non-permanent members.
	Japan and Germany are demanding permanent on the basis of their
economic strength, but several developing countries have expressed the
view that population and size of a country as its standing in the
region are also factors which need to be given due consideration.
	This would ensure that whole regions and large populations do
not go unrepresented on the council.
	Feleiro said the implementation of UN Secretary General Butros
Ghali proposals for strengthening the world body in various fields
would mean a more vigorous security council.
	An enhanced mandate for the council he added, required
matching transparency and democracy in its functioning. This cannot
be done without an expansion of the membership of the council to
reflect the increased membership of the UN over the past few years as
well as realities of many changes in the world situation.
	Besides, the Indian minister demanded that general assembly be 
made more effective not only to represent the changes in its membership but 
also the significant character of its universal composition.

	Diplomats said expansion would take quite sometime as the
permanent council members with veto powers are not favourably included. 
But sustained pressure especially from the economically strong nations is 
bound to force them to reconsider their postion and initiate steps to 
increase the membership of the council including the number of permanent 
members.
	One option being considered is that some states be made permanent 
members without right to veto and other possibility being explored is making 
permanent members on the basis of regions.

* Sidhartha Shankar Ray India's new ambassador to the US 

Sidhartha Shankar Ray India's ambassador-designate to the US has started 
attending briefing sessions at the foreign office here in Delhi.
	The government has already approached the US for obtaining
agreement on Ray's new posting. He is expected to reach the US sometime 
next month.

* Nine Naxalites belonging to the PWG and two police killed in A.P

Nine Naxalites belonging to the dreaded PWG and two police were killed
in a violent encounter in Reddipally village of Karimnager in A.P on Sunday
evening. According to reports, the exchange of fire between the police
and the Anupuram Komaraiah "Dalam" lasted more than four hours.
	Two AK-47 rifles were recovered from the spot.  The PWG said to have
involved in gunning down of the brother of the A.P minister for municipal 
administration Mr.Narsimha Reddy, on Aug 24.
	The encounter comes within 48 hours of a land mine blast and
exchange of fire between the police and naxals in Warangal in which 12
BSF jawans, a police man and four naxals were killed.

* Prime Minister to hand-pick successor in Andhra Pradesh

A successor to the Chief Minister of south Indian state of AP Mr.Janardhan 
Reddy may be left to the Prime Minister, according to a senior Cong(I) leader 
from the state and central minister of state for Rural development 
Mr.G.Venkata Swamy said here Sunday.
	The decision to choose new Chief Minister in place of Mr.Reddy who 
is expected to tender his resign tomorrow is left to Mr.Narsimha Rao, 
he said.
	Asked if he was prepared to succeed Mr.Reddy, the minister said he 
was not aversed to the idea if the PM asks him to do so.  "I will jump 
into a well if the PM asks me to do so", Venkataswamy said.

* Seven die in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad - Sept 27: Seven people including a women died and over sixty 
others admitted to the Osmania Hospital in the capital after consuming 
adulterated toddy in Chudy Bazar area here on Sunday.
	Police said several people developed accute complications like
vomiting soon after consuming the toddy which is suspected to be
mixed with banned chemicals like Chlorohydrate and Diazepan and were immediately rushed to the hospital. 
Two of the seven died on their way and other died of complications.
Meanwhile the toddy shop owner had been arrested and other toddy and 
arrack shops in the area had been closed down as a precautionary measure. 

* A.P  Legislative assembly to take up appropriation bill

Hyderabad: Sep 28 - The A.P legislative Assembly will take up the 
Appropriation bill for approval on Monday. The passing of the bill assumes 
importance as the Cong(I) president and Prime Minister has permitted chief 
minister to step down after the bill is passed.
	Reddy offered to step down following the High Court verdict 
quashing a government order sanctioning capitation fee based medical 
and dental colleges in the state.
	A thick political activity and dinner meetings are on since
	the Chief Minister has agreed to step down ealry this week.
	A letter containing signatures of about 130 Cong(I) MLAs was
reportedly submitted to the Prime Minister urging him to nominate 
the successor. Meanwhile the Governor is expected to be out of station 
for a day on Monday.

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