"Strongly pitching for the expansion of permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council, India has said the powerful body should have representation from developing countries, including Africa."
[Since] as much as two-third of the active items on the Council's agenda concerned Africa and about three-fourth of the Council's time was spent on African issues, [this] demands expansion of the permanent membership to make the Council reflective of contemporary realities and increased representation from developing countries, including Africa.