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DATE: THURSDAY, July 1, 1993                   TAG: 9307010348
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS                                LENGTH: Short

U.S. WANTS TO ADD GERMANY, JAPAN TO SECURITY COUNCIL

The United States said Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council should be expanded to include Japan and Germany, but that no country should lose its permanent seat.

In a statement, the United States elaborated on ideas presented last month by U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright. She said the United States was committed to making Japan and Germany permanent members of the United Nations' most powerful body.

Her remarks worried France and Britain that they might lose their permanent seats on the 15-member council.

Wednesday's statement, however, said "permanent members of the council" - Britain, France, Russia, China and America - should keep their current seats and powers, including the veto.

Ten nations without veto power also serve two-year terms.

by CNB