What reforms are being suggested? What reforms have been suggested to make the U.N. Security Council more effective?
Suggestions for Reforms. The membership of the Security Council should be increased. More representation should be given to Afro-Asian and Latin American developing countries. Permanent membership of the Security Council should be increased. A resolution moved by India seeking equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council was adopted by the General Assembly in December 1992. India, Germany, Japan, Brazil, and Nigeria should be made permanent members of the Security Council. “Veto’ power should be scrapped or it should be restricted. The permanent members of the Security Council should relinquish their right of Veto with respect to matters relating to the peaceful settlement of disputes.The voting rules of the Security Council should be changed. All decisions should be taken by a concurrent vote of the majority of the permanent members and a majority of the non-permanent members. The Security Council should be a true representative of world opinion. It should represent the political realities of the present world.
