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China takes over UN Security Council presidency
Oct 1, 2008, 17:22 GMT
New York - China on Wednesday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council at a time when UN members are renewing demands to reform the body to make it more effective and representative.
Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui replaced the country's former envoy Wang Guangya, who was appointed a vice foreign minister in Beijing. But Zhang gave the council a holiday on Wednesday because October 1 is China's national day.
The council's monthly presidency rotates among the 15 members.
UN members, particularly Germany, Japan, Brazil, India and South Africa, have demanded an enlarged council to reflect the growing influence of emerging economies. Those members have called for including new permanent members as well as short-term members.
The council currently has five veto-wielding permanent members - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain - and 10 members elected for two-year terms.
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Everyone is equal - but we are more equal than them. What a puffed up bit of arrogant nonsense from SP4 as usual
hey, you know what, we can ask for help from the chinese, they could bail out wall street, infact they have been bailing out the whole USA economy for a few years now.........if they lent us money they are our friends, we should ask them for more, when they stop, we will embargo them cause they are marxsist.............right!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The USA pays 22% of the UN's operating funds, John and, seriously, you actually wish to discuss equality with an American?
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SP4: oh good....Oct 1st, 2008 - 18:41:28
...after all, nothing gives me more confidence than a marxist nation trying to make a democratic body more representative....
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