UK foreign secretary calls for expansion of UN security council

James Cleverly says global south deserves more powerful voice at top table and review needed into five permanent members' veto

The global south deserves a more powerful voice at the world's top table by expanding the UN security council, the UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said.

Cleverly also called for a review of the use of the veto by the council's five permanent five members, adding that the world's poorest countries feel their voice is not heard even on issues of direct concern to them.