Pakistan for adding more non-permanent seats to UNSC

Emphasizing that discussions on restructuring the United Nations Security Council are a serious matter that cannot be undermined by setting arbitrary deadlines or forcing the pace without first finding common ground, Pakistan has told a UN panel that the only common ground that exists is to add more elected, non-permanent members to the 15-member body.
Speaking at the Intergover-nmental Negotiations on Security Council reform, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, said that as reform will eventually entail an amendment in the UN Charter, discussions should proceed by careful thought and consensus.
She also pointed out that "Reform of the Security Council is fundamentally different than any other reform process in the UN. It involves the strategic interests of member states."