Annex XX
Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of the proposals made on the issue of the extension of the veto to the new permanent members, dated 6 July 1998*
The principal options related to the issue of the extension of the veto to the new permanent members are contained in section III, paragraph 5, of document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.12/Rev.1, entitled "Sets of outstanding issues related to the expansion of the Security Council". However, in the course of the consideration of item 3 of the Working Group's programme of work, entitled "Expansion of the Security Council" (see A/AC.247/1998/CRP.5), a number of more specific proposals and comments on this issue were made. They are summarized below:
1. Extension of the veto to new permanent members should be considered only in the context of curtailment or limitation of its use1 by the current permanent members.
2. The veto should not be extended to new permanent members.
3. New permanent members should be granted the same prerogatives and powers as the current permanent members.
4. Candidates for permanent membership should indicate their willingness to become new permanent members of the Security Council without the veto.
5. New permanent members should agree not to exercise their veto until a periodic review of the enlarged Security Council has taken place.
6. Decision on the extension of the veto to the new permanent members should be taken once the new permanent members of the Security Council have been elected.
7. A high-level working group of the General Assembly should be established to consider the extent to which the veto should be extended to new permanent members. During this interim period the new permanent members will not individually exercise the veto, and the concurring vote of a determined number of new permanent members (for example four out of five) will be required to arrive at a Security Council decision on matters which are not procedural and taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Notes
1 For concrete proposals to this effect, see document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.10/Rev.1.
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