Security Council reform remains divisive

The 35-page final document that world leaders are set to adopt at the end of a UN summit devotes just one paragraph to the issue that consumed the 191 UN member states for months but proved so divisive that it had to be shelved - expanding the powerful Security Council.

After 10 years of seemingly endless debate, Secretary-General Kofi Annan had urged members in March to decide on council enlargement before their leaders arrived for this week’s three-day summit.