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powers to permanent members only, dominance of powerful
countries and to play more effective role in peace and security
missions etc.
8. In the security council, there are five permanent members.
The charter gave the permanent members a privileged position
to bring about stability in the world after the second world war.
The main privilege of the five permanent members are
permanency and the veto power and after all members have a
vote.
9. In 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution over
the reform of UN complaining no longer representation by
contemporary powers, dominance of few countries based on
western values etc. Following these in January 1997, Kofi
Annan, UN Secretary General initiated on "How the UN should
be reformed?"
10. Since 1997 onwards, a new member to be added to the UN
should fulfill the parameters of being a major economic and
military power, contributor to UN Budget, a populous one,
