Pakistan has said its opposition to any new country being given permanent membership of an expanded UN Security Council is not linked to India's bid for it.
"It has nothing to do with the candidature of India for permanent membership. Even some countries who are close friends of Pakistan and who have financed the country's developmental projects in the past are vying for the permanent seat, but Pakistan is against such concept," Kasuri said.
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Kasuri, who is heading the Pakistani delegation to the Second G-77 in the Qatari capital Doha, said it is a pity that when an opportunity was given to the member countries to propose reforms at the UN, all efforts were concerted on
seeking permanent seat in the world body.
According to him, the issue of UN reforms is very clear ever since the world body was formed 60 years ago. "There is need to see what are the achievements and failures of the world body and to see how to overcome the weaknesses," he told The Peninsula newspaper.
He said several countries feel that UN has failed to live up to its expectations and deviated from its charter. Likewise the UN could not address the economical issues of the world.
The functioning of Security Council is also debatable, he said, adding unfortunately, the agenda of proposed reforms has been hijacked by those seeking permanent membership of UNSC.
