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TOKYO, Aug. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan will give up
efforts to seek adoption of a resolution it submitted to the UN General Assembly
with three other countries as a joint bid for permanent seats on the UN Security
Council, the Sankei Shimbun reported Sunday.
The Japanese government, which
determined the resolution would be voted down by the General Assembly, will now
have to review its strategy for seeking a permanent seat, the Japanese newspaper
said in its top article.
Japan, Brazil, Germany and India -- or the Group of
Four -- have submitted a resolution proposing to increase the number of Security
Council permanent seats by six and nonpermanent seats by four, with a 15-year
freeze on veto rights for the new permanent members.
But the prospects for the G-4's resolution to be
adopted by the 191-member General Assembly with at least a two-thirds vote
virtually evaporated after the 53-member African Union decided in early August
not to pursue a joint proposal with the four nations.
The Japanese government agreed Saturday on a plan to
give up trying to have the resolution adopted, but will keep its intention to
seek a permanent seat on the Security Council as one of its main diplomatic
issues, the Sankei reported.
Japan plans to consult with Germany, India and Brazil
shortly to confirm that they would give up the resolution, and will look to 2020
when a conference to review the structure of the Security Council will take
place to try to join the body, the paper said.
Although the G-4 and the African Union agree on
adding six new permanent seats, which would include the G-4 and two African
countries, they have differing views on veto rights and the number of
nonpermanent members to be added.
The Africans are seeking five nonpermanent members
and pushing for veto rights for the new permanent members.
There are now five permanent members -- Britain,
China, France, Russia and the United States -- which all hold veto powers, and
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