http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/un_security_council_expansion_proposed/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:29:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/un_security_council_expansion_proposed/comment-page-1/#comment-28478 A Stitch in Haste Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:58:45 +0000 /?p=8270#comment-28478 <strong>U.N. Continues to Rearrange the Deck Chairs</strong> Reuters reports that the United Nations has reduced the field of more than 100 proposals to restructure the Security Council down to two. It seems to me... U.N. Continues to Rearrange the Deck Chairs
Reuters reports that the United Nations has reduced the field of more than 100 proposals to restructure the Security Council down to two. It seems to me...

]]> http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/un_security_council_expansion_proposed/comment-page-1/#comment-28474 Eric Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:13:31 +0000 /?p=8270#comment-28474 The U.S. should predicate any Security Council changes on admission of Israel to a Regional Working Group (I think that's the term.) IIRC the fact that Israel hasn't been allowed to join any regional group prevents it from ever having a turn as a Security Council member. One of many, many, problems with the UN, but one that is administratively, if not diplomatically, easy to fix. The U.S. should predicate any Security Council changes on admission of Israel to a Regional Working Group (I think that's the term.) IIRC the fact that Israel hasn't been allowed to join any regional group prevents it from ever having a turn as a Security Council member. One of many, many, problems with the UN, but one that is administratively, if not diplomatically, easy to fix.

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