UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Germany, Japan, Brazil and India, which have campaigned jointly for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, circulated Monday a draft General Assembly resolution calling for an increase of six permanent seats on the council.

    The draft, a copy of which was obtained by Xinhua, stipulates that the six new permanent seats would be divided equally among Asia, Africa, Western Europe as well as Latin America and the Caribbean region.

    The draft also proposes adding four elected non-permanent seats to the council, with each from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe as well as Latin America and the Caribbean region.

    The council is currently composed of five permanent members with the veto power and 10 elected members with two-year terms. The draft does not contain a date for a vote on it in the 191-nation General Assembly, nor does it mention any candidate countries for the proposed new permanent seats.

    Under the draft, countries aspiring to be a permanent member on the council should submit their candidatures to the president of the General Assembly after the adoption of the resolution, and then the assembly will select the six new permanent members through a secret ballot.

    Germany, Japan, Brazil and India, known as the G-4, will formally introduce the draft at a gathering of UN member states in the German mission to the world body later Monday afternoon. Enditem