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Joint Press Statement
Ministerial Meeting of the G4
countries (Brazil, Germany, India and Japan) on the margins of the 65th session
of the UN General Assembly Joint Press Statement New York, 24 September 2010 1. The
Minister of External Relations of Brazil, the Federal Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Germany, the Minister of External Affairs of India and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan met in New York, on 24
September 2010, on the margins of the 65th session of the United Nations
General Assembly, to exchange views on
Security Council reform. 2.
The Ministers reiterated
the need for urgent reform of the Security Council, which would include
expansion of both categories of membership, permanent and non-permanent,
as well as improvement in the Council’s working methods, in order to
render the body more representative,
legitimate, effective and responsive to the realities of the international community in
the
21st century.
3. The
Ministers noted with satisfaction the overwhelming support among Member
States for expansion of both categories of membership in the Security
Council, including developing and developed countries as new permanent
members. In this context, while reiterating
their
support for each other's candidatures as aspiring new permanent members,
they reconfirmed their view of the importance of Africa to
be represented in the permanent membership in an enlarged Council. They also
reconfirmed the need for additional non-permanent members. 4.
The Ministers welcomed the commencement of negotiations based on
the text requested by more than 140 Member States in the 64th session of
the General Assembly. They also expressed satisfaction with General
Assembly decision 64/568 to immediately continue intergovernmental
negotiations on the basis of the second revision of the universally
requested negotiation text, in the informal plenary of the 65th session
of General Assembly. They also committed themselves to continue to
participate actively in these negotiations, with a view to achieving
concrete results on Security Council reform during the current session. The G4 countries reaffirmed their readiness
to reach out to other countries and to work in close cooperation with
them towards this goal. Celso Amorim Minister of External Relations of Brazil Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Germany S. M. Krishna Minister of External Affairs of India Seiji Maehara Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |