Tuesday,
October 17, 2006
Italy
on UN Security Council for 2007-08; Fifth Time, Last in 1995-96
The
UN was created in 1946. In 61 years, Italy will have been the European
representative as a Rotating Member for the fifth time in 2007-2008. Less than
once a decade, It is nothing to celebrate.
Italy
deserves a PERMANENT Position on the Security Council !!!
The
Security Council is in GREAT need of Reform. The concept that the victors
of WWII still CONTROLLING the Security Council, is ARCHAIC!!!
Five Permanent members of the Security Council China,
France, Russia, USA,
and the United Kingdom
The
Permanent Members of the Security Council Must be increased to a Membership of at
least Ten, with the Large GDP nations of Germany, Japan, and Italy
(with the world's 7th largest GDP) MUST be included.
Other
members to be possibly included might be India,
Brazil,
and there might be a consideration of representation by Continents.
Currently
Germany and Japan are trying
to assure their inclusion, and have entered into an alliance with Brazil and India to lobby for each other.
(Called the G4) Japan and Germany
are the UN's second and
third largest funders, respectively, while Brazil, the largest South American nation, and India, the
world's most populous democracy, are two of the largest contributors of troops
to UN-mandated peace-keeping missions. G4 will support an African
addition to their Alliance (probably Niger or South
Africa) France and the United Kingdom declared that they
support this claim. Currently the proposal has to be accepted by two-thirds of
the General Assembly which translates to 128 votes.
Italy and Pakistan are
leading opposition to this alliance and call themselves "Uniting for
Consensus"
Current Rotating Members
Ten members
currently are elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms starting on
January 1, with five replaced each year. The members are chosen by regional
groups and confirmed by the UN General Assembly. The African
bloc chooses three members; the Latin American an Caribbean,
Asian, and Western European and Others blocs choose two members each; and
the Eastern European bloc chooses one member. Also, one of these members
is an Arab country, alternately from the Asian or African bloc country.
Italy will be part of
the UN Security Council
Five times non-permanente member
Avionews
World Aeronautical Press
Agency (WAPA)
October 16, 2006
Italy will be part of the UN Security Council, with Belgium and South Africa as non-permanent
member for 2007-2008. The three States will replace Denmark,
Greece and Tanzania.
If for Italy the conclusion appears
foregone, the battle for the non-permanent seats is still open for the Asian
and Latin American States.
Guatemala and Venezuela
have expressed their desire to vie for the seat awarded to a member of the
Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, while Indonesia,
the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Nepal
have done the same for the Asian Group seat.
The Italian entry in the Security Council for
2007-2008 agrees with a relaunch phase of the
multilateralism. Our Government expressed the hope of an
"Europeanization." of the European Union Members' seats in the UN
Security Council, and considers to may exert pressure in particular upon France and United
Kingdom, availing itself of Maastricht treaty's article 19, which
predicts the coordination of the European States' action in the international
offices.
Italy has been Security Council's member five times, last
time in 1995-1996, in occasion of the 500 anniversary of the United Nations and
when Kofi Annan had
nominated General Secretary.
After the inauguration in
January, Italy will be the European State
with more legislation in the Security Council -6- respect to Holland,
Poland, Belgium, Germany,
Norway and Spain.
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