Pakistan has proposed a meaningful increase in the number of elected, non-permanent members of the UN Security Council to make it more democratic, accountable and representative.
The proposal was put forward by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad while speaking during the second Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) meeting.
The Ambassador emphasized reforms in the UN Security Council must not result in expanded exclusivity or privilege. In this context, he reiterated Pakistan’s longstanding position that expansion of the veto is neither desirable nor feasible.
Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that any viable reform model must ensure genuine rotation and equitable regional representation. This, he said, can only be achieved through a reasonable expansion in elected, non-permanent seats including longer-term and regular two-year terms particularly to address the under-representation of certain regions.
