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International Last Updated: Dec 6, 2018 - 12:17:25 PM


Germany urges France to turn its UN seat into EU one
By EURACTIV, 28 Nov 2018
Dec 6, 2018 - 12:16:32 PM

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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday (29 November) proposed that France give up its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and turn it into an EU seat to allow the bloc to speak with one voice on the global stage.

After Brexit, the only EU country with a permanent seat and a veto right in the UN Security will be France.

“I realise this will take some convincing in Paris but it would be a bold and smart goal,” Scholz said in a wide-ranging Berlin speech on the future of the European Union.

To lessen the pain of losing the powerful seat, France could become “the permanent EU ambassador to the United Nations”, added Scholz, who is also Germany’s vice-chancellor.

France has been one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council since the body was first established in 1945 in the wake of World War II to prevent another large-scale conflict.

The permanent members, which also include Britain, China, Russia and the United States, are the most influential countries in the 193-member United Nations because they hold the right to veto UN resolutions.

Alongside the five permanent seats, the UN Security Council is rounded out by 10 non-permanent members who are each selected for a two-year period.

Germany will begin its tenure on the Security Council in January, as non-permanent member.

There have been repeated calls in the past to reform the UN Security Council, with large emerging nations in particular clamouring for a place at the table.

In 2010, then-US President Barack Obama voiced support for India’s efforts to become a permanent Security Council member.


Source:Ocnus.net 2018

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