71.  He presented Aziz with the outline of an agreement that was based loosely on the advice he had received from the five permanent members of the Security Council.

72.  He said he also wanted to take the plan to Kofi Annan, the U.N. secretary-general, and the five permanent members of the Security Council.

73.  He won the sympathy of France, Russia and China, all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.

74.  In addition to Brazil, Germany and Japan also are candidates to become permanent members of an enlarged Security Council.

75.  In all these cases, permanent members have weighted their narrow national interests over collective responsibility.

76.  In a separate speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Caldera urged broadening the membership of the U.N. Security Council to include Brazil as a permanent member.

77.  In particular, some of them have urged a strong push for Japan to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

78.  It happens that the five permanent members are all nuclear powers, the only avowed ones until the Indian and Pakistani tests.

79.  It is hoping to sign a similar accord with China, giving it formal defense links with the five permanent members of the Security Council.

80.  It is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, has nuclear weapons and is a growing military power.