Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting a permanent seat for the Republic of South Africa on the United Nations Security Council.
The United Kingdom has long called for the expansion of the Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, taking the total membership to somewhere in the mid-twenties. We support permanent African representation on the Council.