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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The 192 members of the U.N. General Assembly should consider a temporary expansion of the Security Council, according to a new report released Friday on the divisive issue of reforming the U.N.'s most powerful body.
There is strong support for enlarging the Security Council to reflect the world today rather than the global power structure after World War II when the United Nations was created. But all previous attempts, starting in 1979, have failed because national and regional rivalries blocked agreement on the size and composition of an expanded council.
The report released Friday was prepared by ambassadors of Tunisia, Cyprus, Croatia, Chile and the Netherlands who served as facilitators. They reported that those rivalries still exist. But they said "a transitional approach" to Security Council reform, with a mandatory review on a predetermined date, could break the deadlock.
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