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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States said Tuesday that U.N. members are still too divided to vote on reforming the Security Council, dealing a serious blow to a bid by four nations to gain permanent seats on the powerful U.N. decision-making body.
Shirin Tahir-Kheli, a top U.S. State Department adviser on U.N. reform, told a General Assembly debate that a proposal from Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan lacks support and a vote now would be too divisive.
Her statement underscored just how divided member states remain on U.N. Security Council reform despite weeks of debate. It also comprised the most detailed and forceful U.S. statement in the latest round of debate on Security Council reform, an issue that has bedeviled the U.N. member states for over a decade.
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