Brasília – This Friday (31st), the United States vice president Joe Biden heard a plea from the Brazilian government for his country to support the reform in the United States Security Council. Brazil champions the inclusion of one country from Latin America, one from Africa, one from Asia, and one from Eastern Europe. The current structure of the Council dates back to the end of World War II, in the late 1940s.
The Brazilian vice president Michel Temer, who met with Biden after the president Dilma Rousseff, has confirmed that the topic was discussed. “I made it clear that Brazil is interested in having a seat at the UN Security Council,” said Temer.
Of the 15 Security Council countries, five are permanent members – United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China. Ten are rotating members which remain in the Council for two years and then are replaced. The Council’s reform is a part of the Brazilian foreign policy agenda. In her addresses, Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff and the minister of Foreign Relations Antonio Patriota argue that the current format does not reflect the contemporary world and its political forces.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
