On Monday (Sep 23), the ministers of the G4 nations — Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan met during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the long-pending reform of the UN Security Council.
A joint press statement said there is a need to reform the contemporary global realities. They called on the international community to fully engage in efforts to advance these changes.
The G4 Ministers — Mauro Vieira of Brazil, Annalena Baerbock of Germany, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar of India, and Yoko Kamikawa of Japan — stressed that the “80th anniversary of the UN in 2025 presents a crucial moment for reform.”
“We urge the international community to engage wholeheartedly in these efforts,” they said, underscoring their determination to work closely with the wider UN membership to push for Security Council reform during the 79th General Assembly.
The Ministers reaffirmed their mutual support for each other’s bids for permanent membership in a reformed Council, advocating for expansion in both permanent and non-permanent categories.
They also stressed the importance of an “improved representation of under-represented and unrepresented groups and regions, such as Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, in both membership categories” in UN decision-making.. The G4 ministers reaffirmed their strong support to the Common African Position (CAP) as enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.”
