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The Week in Germany: Current Affairs December 15, 2006 Germany to Push for UN Security Council Seat
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she would push hard for a permanent German United Nations Security Council seat in the coming years. "We will have this interest - but also an interest that the UN Security Council is reformed," she said at a news briefing. Berlin would seek a UN revamp and an upgraded role for Germany in the world body "with great intensity," she added. Present UN Security Council permanent members are Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. The Security Council also has 10 further non-permanent members, positions which are held on a rotating basis. Germany has for years sought a permanent Security Council seat, although
some observers claimed it was unclear whether Merkel would continue the
effort after her foreign policy successes since taking up office in autumn
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