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Who were made the permanent members of the U.N. SecurityCouncil?
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- One representative from each continent
- Five major powers of the Allied Forces in the Second World War
- Five members elected by the U.N. General Assembly at the initial Constitution
- Funding members of the U.N.
Correct Option: B
The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5, include the following five governments: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The members represent the great powers considered the victors of World War II. The five permanent members of the Security Council were the victorious powers in World War II and have maintained the world’s most powerful military forces ever since. They annually top the list of countries with the highest military expenditures; in 2011, they spent over US$1 trillion combined on defence, accounting for over 60% of global military expenditures (the U.S. alone accounting for over 40%). They are also the only countries officially recognized as “nuclear-weapon states” under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
