http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/14866-Veto-unlikely-for-new-members-if-Security-Council-expands-says-UN-official.aspx Veto unlikely for new members if Security Council expands, says UN official January 21, 2013 02:52 PM By Deepak Parvatiyar NEW DELHI: : A senior UN functionary has said that in case of a Security Council expansion, the new permanent members might not enjoy the veto powers as is the case now. “My guess is in coming years there will be many permanent seats but may be not with Veto,” Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation, said here on Saturday. Sorensen, who also served as UN’s assistant secretary general for external relations as well as a special advisor for public policy in the past, was speaking at an interactive session on “UN and the 21st Century: Where do we go from here?” organized by the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA) -- the only body that represents India in the UN forums. She pointed out t
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