Republic of Korea
Kim Sam-Hoon
South Korea last served as an elected member of the Security Council in 1996_97. Kim Sam-Hoon became South Korea’s Ambassador to the United Nations in June 2003. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Sam-Hoon’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 14, 2003.We can all agree that the current composition of the Security Council no longer reflects the underlying international geopolitical realities of the present day. There has been general agreement among member states on the need to expand the Security Council in order to more adequately reflect those current realities in its composition. However, the question of…
