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G4 make renewed bid for UNSC expansion

New York: India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, collectively known as the G4 group of countries, have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership. Each of these countries aspires to be a permanent member of the United Nations and play a larger global role. They made the joint bid at the informal plenary of the intergovernmental negotiations...  

India to push for early comprehensive UNSC reform

United Nations: India will push hard for an early implementation of comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council and expansion in its membership when inter-governmental negotiations on the issue begin on Thursday. The negotiations will be chaired by Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zaheer Tanin. Tanin is the Chair of the 'Intergovernmental Negotiations on the question of equitable representation and increase in the membership of the Security Council.'...  

G4 countries push for UNSC expansion

United Nations: India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, the four countries seeking permanent seats on the UN Security Council, have agreed to push full speed ahead for the expansion of the top UN decision making body at the earliest. "There is widespread support for a Member-States driven initiative to take the process of the much-needed reform of the Security Council towards a concrete outcome in the current session of the UN...