Vasily Nebenzia: Germany and Japan will not be able to get a seat in the UN Security Council

The first meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on March 25, 1946.
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Germany and Japan will not be able to get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia.

"The anniversary of the organization (UN - ed.) is, of course, an occasion to look back and look to the future. Naturally, the main thing in the minds of those who think about the UN is the reform of the Security Council, but the reform of the Security Council is a very complex process, it cannot be adjusted to the anniversary and it is impossible to adjust it. This is a very painstaking job," Nebenzia said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel.

According to him, a new season of negotiations between the governments of different countries on this issue will begin in January.

"There are many reform proposals, some of them, including those coming from a number of member states, are quite naive and impractical. There are countries that are applying for a seat in the Security Council, which they will never get, we have already said this directly. In particular, Germany and Japan. Not to see the place of a permanent member of the Security Council, not only as his ears, but also everything else. This is already an obvious fact," Nebenzia added.

The UN Security Council is a permanent structure of the organization, which is entrusted with the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. There are always 15 countries in the Security Council - five permanent members and ten temporary ones. Permanent members are Russia, the United States, Great Britain, China and France. They have the right of veto. The ten remaining members of the Security Council are elected for two years. Last year, India and a number of other countries were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2021-2022, and in August of this year, India chaired the organization.

Pro Memoria.

United Nations Charter. Article 107:

“Nothing in the present Charter shall invalidate or preclude action, in relation to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory to the present Charter, taken or authorized as a result of that war by the Governments having responsibility for such action.”

During the Second World War Germany and Japan have been the enemies of any signatory to the present Charter – USSR, USA, Great Britain, France, China and as well as several dozen other countries that were part of the Victors over the hostile Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis.

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