India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership.

Collectively known as G-4, the fo

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a powerful call for early reform and expansion of the UN Security Council ‘to reflect contemporary reality’ and asked nations not to allow the global eco

As India assumes the month-long presidency of the UN Security Council, the international community has “very high expectations” from it, New Delhi’s envoy to the United Nations, Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.

The UN Security Council has slapped sanctions, including an assets freeze and travel ban, on the al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, which is believed to be behind a string of terror attacks in that

The UN Security Council on Friday “adopted by acclamation” a resolution to nominate incumbent UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term, the Council president told reporters here.

Echoing the chorus for "overhauling" of the UN Security Council, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested the need to reshuffle the membership position in the Council "so that it reflects the reality of the world today".

United Nations: The never ending debate over Security Council reforms reminds the Indian envoy to the UN of the hit Bollywood movie 'Kabhi Khushi, Kabhie Gham' or 'Joy sometimes, despair at other time

India, Brazil, Germany and Japan — the G4 nations — on Saturday said that they would press for "urgent" reforms of the UN Security Council in 2011.

New Delhi: Pressing for a permanent seat for India in the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, on Tuesday said the global body's high table should reflect the 21st century worl

Japan plans to seek a non- permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2012-2013 term in the hope of paving the way for eventual permanent membership, a media report said.

Tokyo after having just completed a two-year term on the body at the end of 2010 has already unofficially notified some friendly countries about its intention to run in the next election of non-permanent members, set to be held this autumn, and is likely to announce the plan shortly, Kyodo news agency quoted government sources as saying.