Brazil Urges Broader U.N. Security Council
President Fernando Collor de Mello has proposed doubling the number of permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, admitting Japan, Germany, India, Brazil and an unspecified African country.
Television and newspaper reports said the Brazilian president made the suggestion in brief talks in Tokyo on Sunday with Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.
The Brazilian idea is that the five suggested new members would not have a veto. The existing permanent members, the United States, Soviet Union, China, Britain and France, all have veto power.
Total membership of the Security Council is currently 15.
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