UN Security Council: New members begin their two year tenure
India, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa begin two-year tenure as non-permanent members of UNSC.
Elected by the UN General Assembly on October 12, the five new members took their seats on New Year day. The Security Council has remained unchanged since its membership expanded from 11 to 15 nations in 1963. Efforts to reform the Council, undertaken since 1979, have made little progress. Five permanent members, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, hold veto power.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 3rd, 2011.
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