India's bid for permanent member of UNSC is backed by permanent members namely France,
[51] Russia,
[52] the United Kingdom
[53] and United States,
[54] although the United States initially opposed India's candidacy on grounds of nuclear proliferation, as India has acquired nuclear weapons and not signed the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
[55] On 15 April 2011,
China officially expressed its support for an increased Indian role at the United Nations, without explicitly endorsing India's Security Council ambitions.
[56][57] However, recently China has expressed its support for Indian candidacy as a permanent member of the Security Council if India revoked its support for Japanese candidacy,
[58] thus making India the only candidate that has received support from all permanent members and most other nations as well. Countries that explicitly and openly support India for UNSC permanent seat are –
Armenia,
[59] Australia,
[60] Bahamas,
[61] Bangladesh,
[62] Belarus,
[63] Belgium,
[64] Belize,
[65] Benin,
[66] Bolivia,
[67] Brunei,
[68] Bulgaria,[
citation needed]
Cambodia,
[69]Chile,
[70] Croatia,
[71] Cuba,
[72] Cyprus,
[73] Czech Republic,
[74] Denmark,
[75] Dominican Republic,
[76] Ethiopia,
[77] Finland,
[78] Ghana,
[79] Guyana,
[80] Hungary,
[81] Iceland,
[82] Israel,
[83] Jamaica,
[84] Laos,
[85] Lesotho
[86] Liberia,
[87]Libya (under the Gaddafi government),
[79] Kazakhstan,
[88] Kyrgyzstan,
[89] Malawi,
[90] Malaysia,
[91] Maldives,
[92] Micronesia,
[93] Mongolia,
[94] Morocco,
[79] Myanmar,
[95] Nigeria,
[96] Norway,
[97]Oman,[
citation needed] Palau,
[93] Peru,
[98] Poland,
[99] Portugal,
[100] Romania,[
citation needed]
Rwanda,
[101] Qatar,
[102] Senegal,
[103] Singapore,
[104]Slovakia,
[105] Suriname,
[106] Swaziland,
[107] Syria,
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broken citation]
Tajikistan,
[109] Tanzania,
[110] Trinidad and Tobago,
[111] Tuvalu,
[112] Ukraine,
[113] the
United Arab Emirates,
[114] Uzbekistan,
[115] Vietnam,
[116] and
Zambia.
[117]
The
African Union also supports India's candidacy for permanent member of UNSC.
[118]
Pakistan is the only nation which specifically opposes India's candidacy.
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