“I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place, I hope so, but first it is to be expanded.” FeelsFirstsSecurityIndiaReformPermanentCategoriesCouncilMembershipSecurity Council Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Who dares to strike today, when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege?” TodayJobsSecurityBecomingPrivilegeDareStrikesPermanent Author:Slavoj Žižek
“A permanent peace cannot be prepared by threats but only by the honest attempt to create a mutual trust. However strong national armaments may be, they do not create military security for any nation nor do they guarantee the maintenance of peace.” MayWarStrongNationsPeaceHonestSecurityMilitaryThreatPreparedPermanentGuaranteesMutualBe PreparedMaintenanceArmamentMutual Trust Author:Albert Einstein
“If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.” IfsWorldRealStatesTodayLawUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMembersReflectionInternationalPermanentMeaninglessDistributionCouncilInternational LawSecurity CouncilAmerican PowerDistribution Of Power Author:John Bolton
“The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee.” HouseWifeSecurityReturnHusbandPermanentEmployee Author:Germaine Greer
“The unfair composition of the Security Council is largely acknowledged. The principal defects are the anachronistic privileges of the five permanent members of the Council and the Council's insufficient representativeness.” FiveSecurityMembersPrivilegePermanentPrincipalCompositionUnfairDefectsCouncilInsufficientSecurity Council Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.” GoalSecurityFinancialPermanentTime OffFinancial Security Author:Paul Giamatti
“Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.” WorldGivingHumansWarProgressSecurityArmsProtectAddDefenseViolentPermanentAssaultHuman Progress Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
“As I have mentioned before, we cannot make the same sort of money out of permanent ownership of controlled businesses that can be made from buying and reselling such businesses, or from skilled investment in marketable securities. Nevertheless, they offer a pleasant long term form of activity (when conducted in conjunction with high grade, able people) at satisfactory rates of return.” PeopleLongMadeAbleFormTermSecurityReturnOffersActivityInvestmentRatePermanentLong TermPleasantBuyingGradesControlledOwnershipNeverthelessConjunctions Author:Warren Buffett
“The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations and a permanent member of its Security Council.” StatesNationsUnitedSecurityMembersUnionsRussiaPermanentSovietSoviet UnionFoundingUnited NationsCouncilSuccessorsSecurity Council Author:Vladimir Putin
“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.” StatesLevelsEconomicSpecialSecurityMembersProjectsMajorsRelationTradeChinaPartnersBillionsRussiaChinesePermanentEtcLogicalCooperationPartnershipCouncilJointsStrategicOrganisationSecurity CouncilShanghaiBrics Author:Vladimir Putin
“Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China - also were the original five countries to have nuclear weapons.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesFiveSecurityMembersWeaponsOriginalsHistoricalChinaNuclearRussiaFrancePermanentBritainNuclear WeaponsCouncilSecurity CouncilHappenstance Author:John Burroughs
“How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is not there; the whole continent of Africa, soon to be 54 countries, don't have a single permanent seat; and Latin America is absent? It's not realistic.” WorldCountryWholeTodayAmericaSecurityIndiaPermanentSeatsJapanLatinRealisticContinentsCouncilAbsentLatin AmericaContributorsSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan
“President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.” PresidentSecurityTrumpConcernedAdministrationPermanentNational SecurityAirportsPortEntryResidents Author:Jeff Flake
“The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its members, and especially the Permanent 5 (P5), have a special responsibility for international peace and security.” WorldShouldWarResponsibilitySpecialSecurityMembersInternationalPermanentWar Of The WorldsExecutivesWorld War IiWorld War ICommitteesCouncilInternational PeaceSecurity CouncilPeace And SecuritySecurity Systems Author:Kofi Annan
“The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country blocking action ought to have to explain its decision and propose an alternative solution. It has been suggested that a veto only becomes effective if the vetoing state has the support of two or three other permanent members.” IfsHas BeensTwoCountryStatesActionThreeNationsDecisionUnitedSupportSecurityOughtMembersSolutionsBlockAlternativesPermanentUnited NationsCouncilProposeVetoSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan