Security Council Changes Proposed

Fri., March 21, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

The president of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday proposed a major restructuring of the Security Council, sounding the opening bell in what is expected to be a protracted struggle over expanding membership in the world organization’s most powerful body.

Razali Ismail, U.N. ambassador from Malaysia, wants to begin the process of expanding Security Council membership before his one-year term as General Assembly president ends in September. His plan would enlarge the Security Council from 15 to 24 members and increase the number of its permanent members from five to 10.

The expansion presumably would include Germany and Japan as permanent members but also would give greater representation to developing nations.

Changes in the Security Council require approval of two-thirds of the 185-member General Assembly.

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