LONDON - Pitching for a permanent seat for India in an expanded UN Security Council, Britain has said it is trying to break the long-standing deadlock over the reform of the world body, a cause it has championed “publicly” and “consistently”.
“Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) reaffirmed the United Kingdom’s support for India’s candidacy (for a permanent UNSC seat) during his speech in Delhi in January,” Minister for the Middle East Kim Howells told Labour MP Ashok Kumar in the House of Commons here on Wednesday.
He said: “Our mission in New York (at the UN headquarters) is trying to break the long-standing deadlock over reform, and we will continue with our efforts to persuade governments that India should have a permanent seat on the Security Council - alongside Brazil, Japan and Germany, and that there should be representation from Africa,” he said.
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