Topic: Open
Country: Brazil
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The Federative Republic of Brazil would like to impress upon the Security Council the necessity of Security Council reform. Currently, the membership of the Security Council does not adequately reflect the membership of the United Nations, or the interests of the global community. In order legitimize and strengthen the Security Council’s authority in making dynamic, global decisions both the non-permanent and permanent memberships need to be extended.
We feel that the Security Council need to more fully represent the world’s population and economies. Large economies and flourishing democracies are missing from the make-up of the Security Council, namely nations such as India, Japan, Germany, and Brazil itself. The Federative Republic of Brazil believes these nations have the credentials and capacity to contribute continuously for the maintenance of international peace and security. These nations all fall within the world’s top 12 largest GDPs, and top 15 largest populations. India is the second most populous country on the planet, Japan has the second largest economy in the world and is also the second largest contributor to the United Nations’ regular budget, Germany has the fourth largest economy and is the third largest contributor to the UN budget, and Brazil is fifth most populated country in the world. Brazil is also the largest country in Latin America in terms of population and GDP. South America is one of the continents that currently does not hold a permanent seat on the Security Council, the another being Africa. Africa, despite being the second largest and second most populated continent in the world, and having the most members states in the UN is vastly underrepresented. We must also strive to ensure that the African continent has adequate representation.
The Federative Republic of Brazil is still in favor of the draft resolution we put in front of the General Assembly January 9th, 2006. This draft resolution expanded permanent membership status by six and non-permanent membership by four. In this draft, the permanent membership would grow to include, by election, two African nations, one nation from Latin America and the Caribbean States. two Asian nations, and one nation from Western Europe. The four non-permanent members added to the Security Council would be elected thusly: one from African States, one from Asian States, one from Eastern European States, and one from Latin America and the Caribbean States.
The question of veto power for the new permanent states would be postponed until fifteen years after their entry into the Council, so as to allow the Council time to ascertain the status of the veto.
Brazil believes that this plan will ensure that the Security Council represent the reality of the international landscape and create a more representative, more legitimate, and ultimately more effective Security Council.
