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Expansion Of United Nations Security Council

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Expansion of United Nations Security Council
Various critics have brought forth the argument that the UN Security Council is not effective and hence requires fundamental reforms. Most of these critics are of the mind that the effectiveness of the Council will be resolved with the inclusion of a group of new permanent members within the Council. On the other hand, there are those who do not think that any meaningful reform will be achieved by inclusion of new permanent members. These debates concerning the reforms have been going on since the Cold War came to an end. However, current times have brought about the formalization of the debates and new plans have already been propagated. Ultimately, despite the type of the argument or the kind of plan proposed all proposals for an expansion of the United Nations Security Council are based on the call for a more effective Council.
Thus far, three fundamental plans have been proposed, the G4 (Brazil, India, Germany and Japan) plan, UFC (United for Consensus) plan and the Ezulwini Consensus. The G4 plans visualize a council with 25 members in total. This number would be inclusive of 6 new permanent members in the form of India, Germany, Japan, Brazil and two countries from Africa. It would also include 3 elected seats. The second plan which is UFC also advocates for 25 council members in total, however, unlike the G4, it does not call for the addition of new permanent members to the council. This plan advocates for the creation of

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