Chairman Kerry Supports India Becoming Permanent Member Of UN Security Council

The following was published by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Nov. 8, 2010. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s support of India becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council:

“I endorse President Obama's support for India's inclusion as a permanent member of a reformed and expanded United Nations Security Council. The UN must reflect the realities of the 21st century, and one of those realities is India’s unquestioned global stature."

Source: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations