UN: INDIA SHOULD REPLACE THE UK
The five permanent members of the Security Council: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France, Russia (the main successor state of the Soviet Union) and China. In the last years, many voices have asked for changes in the composition of the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, made up of the five winners of World War II: France, America, Russia, Britain and China. Those five occupied permanent seats and have a very important veto power. The Council also has seats occupied by other countries, on an elected basis and for a given period of time only. Mainly, those asking for changes were suggesting to give the permanent seat presently occupied by Russia to another major power, usually India. Boris Johnson, when he was Prime minister of Britain, have made remarks about it, among others. Of course, the start of the Ukrainian invasion has gave the subject a broader appeal. Last Thursday, for instance, the American ambass...