If they are shut out of permanent membership, they would inevitably compete for non-permanent seats on the Security Council much more frequently than they do now. If other permanent members were to be created, they would undoubtedly aspire to these same benefits, considering them an implicit and undeniable prerogative of their new status. Last but not least, increasing the number of permanent members would double the number of vetoes on the Council, and threaten to paralyze its activity. We should be focussing on how to limit its use, not on how to proliferate it. The opposite vision of the future of our Organization, instead, is that of democracy, equitable geographic representation, and equitable rotation.
Rotation is the key word of a truly democratic reform.
Italy's project moves in this direction. Our proposal has undergone many changes since it was first presented. We have listened to criticism and taken it into account. What we are proposing is to leave the permanent members at 5, and increase the Council by adding 8 or 10 new non- permanent seats. Needless to say, these countries would be excluded from competing for the current non-permanent seats.