OSAKA -- The U.N. Security Council is not adequately dealing with global problems, according to former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, and the entry of Japan and Germany into the body as permanent members should only take place after major U.N. reforms.
"The majority of the worldwide population does not suffer in a sense which can be solved militarily," Weizsaecker said.
"The U.N. has to undergo a rather strong reform and, in my view, the main task both for Japan and Germany is not to step into the SC as it is at the present time, but the main task is that both countries should press on with a general reform of the U.N.," he said.