G4 countries
The G4 countries are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. They want each other to get Permanent Seats in the United Nations Security Council. Their economic and political influence has increased in the past 10 years similar to the current Permanent members. But the G4 is not liked by the Uniting for Consensus group who are against the G4 countries getting a UN permanent seat.[1]
Comparison[change | change source]
 Comparison of G4 and P5 nations
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| Country data |  BRA |
 CHN |
 FRA |
 GER |
 IND |
 JPN |
 RUS |
 U.K. |
 U.S. | ||||
| G4 nation or P5 nation |
G4 | P5 | P5 | G4 | G4 | G4 | P5 | P5 | P5 | ||||
| Place | Latin America and Caribbean |
Asia-Pacific | Western Europe |
Western Europe |
Asia-Pacific | Asia-Pacific | Eastern Europe |
Western Europe |
North America | ||||
| Population | 2.7% 7th |
17.9% 2nd |
0.9% 20th |
1.1% 19th |
17.9% 1st |
1.6% 11th |
1.9% 9th |
0.9% 21st |
4.2% 3rd | ||||
| Territory | 8 515 767 km2 5th |
9 596 961 km2 4th |
640 679 km2 42nd |
357 114 km2 62nd |
3 287 263 km2 7th |
377 973 km2 61st |
17 098 246 km2 1st |
242 495 km2 78th |
9 833 517 km2 3rd | ||||
| GDP (nominal) (US$trillion) | $2.08 10th |
$19.37 2nd |
$2.92 7th |
$4.30 4th |
$3.73 5th |
$4.40 3rd |
$2.06 11th |
$3.15 6th |
$26.85 1st | ||||
| GDP (PPP) (US$trillion) | $4.02 8th |
$33.01 1st |
$3.87 9th |
$5.54 5th |
$13.03 3rd |
$6.45 4th |
$4.98 6th |
$3.84 10th |
$26.85 2nd | ||||
| UN funding1 | 2.95% 8th |
12.01% 2nd |
4.43% 6th |
6.09% 4th |
0.83% 21st |
8.56% 3rd |
2.41% 10th |
4.57% 5th |
22.00% 1st | ||||
| UN peacekeeping funding2 | 0.59% 19th |
15.22% 2nd |
5.61% 6th |
6.09% 4th |
0.17% 38th |
8.56% 3rd |
3.04% 8th |
5.79% 5th |
27.89% 1st | ||||
| UN peacekeepers | 282 47th |
2,531 9th |
706 30th |
504 37th |
5,353 5th |
6 105th |
70 70th |
279 48th |
33 78th | ||||
| Defence budget (US$billion) | $20.0 17th |
$292.0 2nd |
$53.0 8th |
$55.8 7th |
$81.4 4th |
$46.0 10th |
$86.4 3rd |
$68.5 6th |
$887.0 1st | ||||
| Military (active) | 366,500 13th |
2,185,000 1st |
203,250 22nd |
183,500 27th |
1,455,550 2nd |
247,150 18th |
1,014,000 5th |
148,500 34th |
1,388,100 3rd | ||||
| Military (reserve) | 1,340,000 4th |
510,000 9th |
36,300 50th |
28,250 53rd |
1,155,000 5th |
56,000 41st |
2,000,000 2nd |
80,000 35th |
844,950 7th | ||||
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290
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5,428
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| 1share of annual UN budget 2share of funding for UN peacekeeping 3Germany takes part in NATO nuclear weapons sharing agreement | |||||||||||||
Opinions[change | change source]
Support[change | change source]
The United Kingdom and France have supported the G4 wish for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.[2] Japan has got support from the United States and the United Kingdom.[3]
Against[change | change source]
China is against Japan, and North Korea, Russia and South Korea think that Japan has to make very serious changes and apologise for war crimes they had done during World War II.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Japan Says No to G4 Bid". Globalpolicy.org. 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ↑ "Joint UK-France Summit Declaration". British Prime Minister’s. 27 March 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- ↑ UK backs Japan for UNSC bid Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Central Chronicle, 11 January 2007