The United Nations’ legitimacy is unique
... but should resolve this issue by expanding the number of non-permanent Security Council members. Question: Quantitatively? Sergey Lavrov: No, qualitatively. “Permanent membership” means that a country is permanently represented in the UN Security Council, as with Russia, the United States, Britain, China and France… Question: With the right to veto? Sergey Lavrov: As I’ve already said, India and Brazil are making claims to this status and we consider them fully worthy and very strong rivals. Germany and Japan are also making claims to this status. The Four have launched a serious campaign to support their claims and applications, and ...