Reform of the United Nations Security Council | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:00:49 1 History
00:06:00 2 General Assembly Task Force
00:07:02 3 Increasing membership
00:07:12 3.1 2005 Annan plan
00:08:48 3.2 Uniting for Consensus
00:09:29 4 Permanent member proposals
00:11:36 4.1 Brazil
00:13:51 4.2 Germany
00:16:12 4.3 India
00:20:40 4.4 Japan
00:23:42 4.5 Africa
00:25:06 5 Veto reform
00:28:24 6 Overall positions on reforming the Security Council
00:28:36 6.1 Brazil
00:29:26 6.2 India
00:32:53 6.3 Lithuania
00:33:35 6.4 Malaysia
00:34:27 6.5 Portugal
00:35:10 6.6 Russia
00:35:55 6.7 South Africa
00:36:33 6.8 United Kingdom and France
00:37:55 6.9 United States



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Reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) encompasses five key issues: categories of membership, the question of the veto held by the five permanent members, regional representation, the size of an enlarged Council and its working methods, and the Security Council-General Assembly relationship. Member States, regional groups and other Member State interest groupings developed different positions and proposals on how to move forward on this contested issue.Any reform of the Security Council would require the agreement of at least two-thirds of UN member states in a vote in the General Assembly, and must be ratified by two thirds of Member States. All of the permanent members of the UNSC (which have veto rights) must also agree.