Worldwide support for opening up UN Security Council

There is broad international support for widening membership of the United Nations Security Council and giving the organisation more power, according to a poll published today.

The poll by the BBC’s World Service, which surveyed 23,518 people in 23 countries, found a majority of people in 22 countries supported an expansion of the UN Security Council to include new permanent members. In Russia, however, only 44% of respondents backed the idea of expansion.