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Related Event: UN Reforms
Instead, the G-4 countries, Japan, Brazil, Germany and India, are expected to wait for the 53-nation African Union to hold a summit, probably on Aug. 4, to debate a possible agreement with the G-4 on a unified resolution.
Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura flew into New York Tuesday afternoon after talks between G-4 foreign ministers and AU representatives in London to brief U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping on the outcome of the talks.
Nobutaka told reporters after meeting with Ping that the G-4's plan to have a vote on the resolution by the end of this month would have to be abandoned if the African Union decides to hold a summit Aug. 4.
Algerian UN Ambassador Abdallah Baali, said the G-4 would have to wait for Africans to make up their mind before calling for a vote. Algeria is a known opponent of the G-4 within AU.
The G-4 members met with cosponsors Tuesday to explain the changes made in the draft in light of discussions they had with AU.
Meanwhile, Italy's UN ambassador says countries seeking a seat on the UN Security Council are engaging in blackmail and financial threats to win support for their resolution.
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Marcello Spatafora accused the G-4 of "blackmailing some sector of the membership."
Spatafora spoke after Canada, backed by Pakistan and Colombia, introduced a resolution, the third plan to date, to expand the council by 10 new rotating seats and no permanent seats, as the G-4 wants.
About a dozen countries are part of the group backing this proposal, called "Uniting for Consensus."
(Source: agencies)
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