Kuwait calls for permanent Arab seat at UNSC

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Kuwait's Ambassador to the UN 29 has called for a permanent Arab seat with full powers at the UN Security Council should the body expand, Quds Press*reported yesterday. Al-Otaibi's remarks came during his address of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly for intergovernmental negotiations, on the issue of*"fair representation in the Security Council and increasing the number of its members and related issues." The Kuwaiti official said his call was "based on objective criteria represented by the Arab population density and the number of Arab countries in the United Nations." He also said that his call stems from "the fact that a large part of the Council's work and issues on its agenda relate to the Arabic region, […]

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