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a lot of time on Security work: decisions carefully immediate
Then, the prerogatives of the
predecessor,
Council (SC) matters. We are thought through; maintaining Andrei Denisov, coined the current permanent members
closely involved in preparing the unity of the SC. This, at phrase "20+". What this "+" should not be in any way be
virtually all decisions of the least in our mind, has a very means remains to be seen, but changed or weakened. This is
SC. It is a kind of an open high price. All the time, we certainly if the SC were made a very firm position for all
members.
secret that, in many cases, the are trying to make sure -- if it too big, it would really put a permanent
first resolution of the SC is is at all possible -- that we can strain on its functioning. Let Sometimes people try to limit
discussed by the Permanent generate consensus in the SC. me explain. One of the things the veto power. We are not
Five and then placed before It does not always happen, but that many people outside the going to accept this.
the rest of the Council. at least we try. United Nations do not realize
Sometimes some other (I did not know it either) is I think it's very important to
countries are also involved in Q: There is a lot of talk how much time is spent on develop a reform formula for
the SC that will not divide the
these initial discussions. For about reforming the consultations.
Nobody
instance, when we were Security Council. What outside the Council can United Nations. You cannot
working on the North Korean kind of Security Council appreciate this work. The simply adopt a formula that
nuclear problem, Japan was would, in your opinion, be very positive and interesting only satisfies a two-thirds
then a Member of the SC and ideal? thing about it is that there are majority. We think that there
was involved as the sixth real discussions and you can must be a formula that
participant in this rather First of all, we accept that the feel your arguments making a receives the approval of the
complex process. On the SC must be reformed. It must difference. On an important over-whelming majority of
Iranian nuclear issue, be enlarged because there are issue, everybody wants to the members of the United
Germany is involved even a number of absent countries speak, so you can imagine the Nations. We should not
though they are not at this who would seem to have a time spent if you have thirty divide people on this issue but
point a member of the SC, but strong case to be regular members on the Council. rather unite them. Generally
there is a format of six and we members of the SC. However; Even with fifteen members speaking, this is my
have maintained this format you cannot have them all! we sometimes spend hours understanding of the dyna-
when we prepare resolutions. One of the requirements in the discussing the wording of a mics of reforming the
SC is to be effective in terms short statement or a Security Council.
This implies that there is a lot of it working habits. The SC decision, so "20+' would
of work and a lot of responsi- must therefore remain definitely create a difficult Q: What is the atmosphere
bility. The stakes are high and compact, but we do not have a situation in terms of like among the other
you need to make things specific ambassadors on the
My
figure.
working conditions.
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