<p>"The Secretary-General recognises and believes very strongly that there was a need to reform the Security Council to reflect better the world we now live in," Ban's spokeperson Martin Nesirky told reporters.<br /><br />Member states had to work out how to reform the council. They (Member States) are obviously still some way from reaching agreement, he added.<br /><br />"The Secretary-General's view is that reform is necessary; it's for the member states to decide on the scope and the time frame for those changes," Nesirky said, a day after President of the UN General Assembly Joseph Deiss scolded the international community for the lack of progress in reforming the Security Council despite two decades of efforts.<br /><br />Addressing a conference in Rome, Deisss had said that "unless we find the determination to advance on this issue, the United Nations would lose its credibility."<br /><br />"Is there no way to overcome the divisions and to forge a win-win compromise that would be acceptable for a broad majority of Member States?" he asked.<br /><br />The 15-member UN Security Council currently has five permanent and 10 non-permanent seats.<br /><br />India is currently serving a two-year term as a non-permanent member, which will begin in June 2011.<br /><br />The five permanent members are — the US, the UK, China, France and Russia.<br />India is an aspirant for a permanent seat on the Council.</p>
<p>"The Secretary-General recognises and believes very strongly that there was a need to reform the Security Council to reflect better the world we now live in," Ban's spokeperson Martin Nesirky told reporters.<br /><br />Member states had to work out how to reform the council. They (Member States) are obviously still some way from reaching agreement, he added.<br /><br />"The Secretary-General's view is that reform is necessary; it's for the member states to decide on the scope and the time frame for those changes," Nesirky said, a day after President of the UN General Assembly Joseph Deiss scolded the international community for the lack of progress in reforming the Security Council despite two decades of efforts.<br /><br />Addressing a conference in Rome, Deisss had said that "unless we find the determination to advance on this issue, the United Nations would lose its credibility."<br /><br />"Is there no way to overcome the divisions and to forge a win-win compromise that would be acceptable for a broad majority of Member States?" he asked.<br /><br />The 15-member UN Security Council currently has five permanent and 10 non-permanent seats.<br /><br />India is currently serving a two-year term as a non-permanent member, which will begin in June 2011.<br /><br />The five permanent members are — the US, the UK, China, France and Russia.<br />India is an aspirant for a permanent seat on the Council.</p>