G4 countries

The G4 countries are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. They want each other to get Permanent Seats in the United Nations Security Council. Their economic and political influence has increased in the past 10 years similar to the current Permanent members. But the G4 is not liked by the Uniting for Consensus group who are against the G4 countries getting a UN permanent seat.

 Comparison 
25x25px Comparison of G4 and P5 nationsCountry dataBRACHNFRAGERINDJPNRUSU.K.U.S. G4 nation orP5 nationG4P5P5G4G4G4P5P5P5PlaceLatin America andCaribbeanAsia-PacificWesternEuropeWesternEuropeAsia-PacificAsia-PacificEasternEuropeWesternEuropeNorth AmericaPopulation2.7%7th17.9%2nd0.9%20th1.1%19th17.9%1st1.6%11th1.9%9th0.9%21st4.2%3rdTerritory8 515 767 km25th9 596 961 km24th640 679 km242nd357 114 km262nd3 287 263 km27th377 973 km261st17 098 246 km21st242 495 km278th9 833 517 km23rdGDP (nominal) (US$trillion)$2.0810th$19.372nd$2.927th$4.304th$3.735th$4.403rd$2.0611th$3.156th$26.851stGDP (PPP) (US$trillion)$4.028th$33.011st$3.879th$5.545th$13.033rd$6.454th$4.986th$3.8410th$26.852ndUN funding12.95%8th12.01%2nd4.43%6th6.09%4th0.83%21st8.56%3rd2.41%10th4.57%5th22.00%1stUN peacekeeping funding20.59%19th15.22%2nd5.61%6th6.09%4th0.17%38th8.56%3rd3.04%8th5.79%5th27.89%1stUN peacekeepers28247th2,5319th70630th50437th5,3535th6105th7070th27948th3378thDefence budget (US$billion)$20.017th$292.02nd$53.08th$55.87th$81.44th$46.010th$86.43rd$68.56th$887.01stMilitary (active)366,50013th2,185,0001st203,25022nd183,50027th1,455,5502nd247,15018th1,014,0005th148,50034th1,388,1003rdMilitary (reserve)1,340,0004th510,0009th36,30050th28,25053rd1,155,0005th56,00041st2,000,0002nd80,00035th844,9507thActive space programHelicopter carriers projectsAircraft carriers projectsNuclear submarines projectsActive nuclear arsenal350
3rd290
4th3160
7th5,977
1st225
5th5,428
2nd1share of annual UN budget 2share of funding for UN peacekeeping 3Germany takes part in NATO nuclear weapons sharing agreement

 Opinions 

 Support 
The United Kingdom and France have supported the G4 wish for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Japan has got support from the United States and the United Kingdom.UK backs Japan for UNSC bid , Central Chronicle, 11 January 2007

 Against 
China is against Japan, and North Korea, Russia and South Korea think that Japan has to make very serious changes and apologise for war crimes they had done during World War II.

References

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