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| U.S. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT | UN Security Council expansion | ||
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WORLD OPINION ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION March 22, 2005 -- A recent poll by BBC World Service that surveyed 23 countries revealed that a broad majority of people around the world support the addition of new permanent members to the Security Council, even in four of the five countries that enjoy permanent member status: United States (70%), Britain (74%), France (67%), and China (54%). The only country where the support was low was Russia (44% in favor), though opposition is also quite low (28%). On an average, 69% of people in those countries polled favor the expansion of the Security Council. The poll surveyed 23,518 people and was conducted by GlobeScan and the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland. Most of those surveyed favored adding Germany, Brazil, Japan and India as permanent members. From these five countries, Germany and Japan are most popular. Interestingly, most people in 21 of the 23 countries also favor giving the UN Security Council power to override veto power of the permanent states, including people in the U.S., Britain and China. There is a high degree of consensus on that the United Nations should play a more prominent in world affairs. Doug Miller, President of GlobeScan, said, “Very large majorities all around the world are calling for the UN to become more powerful in world affairs. Consistent with this sentiment there is broad support for making the UN Security Council more representative by adding new members,” commented Steven Kull, director of PIPA. “Results suggest that the tight control of the United Nations by a few countries may soon be history. There is strong popular support for the democratization of the UN system.” The margin of error per country ranged from +/-2.5–4%.
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