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The retention of the original permanent members of the Security Council has been a source of criticism of the UN.  It leaves off rising powers like [[India]] and [[Brazil]] and ignores established, influential global citizens like [[Germany]] and [[Japan]].  While the United States has supported the addition of some of these countries as permanent members, the votes in the [[General Assembly]] required to amend the Charter have never been found for such addition.

The retention of the original permanent members of the Security Council has been a source of criticism of the UN.  It leaves off rising powers like [[India]] and [[Brazil]] and ignores established, influential global citizens like [[Germany]] and [[Japan]].  While the United States has supported the addition of some of these countries as permanent members, the votes in the [[General Assembly]] required to amend the Charter have never been found for such addition.