India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council has received a strong support from many UN member states, including the UK and France. They emphasised that the world body's top organ must reflect the emergence of new global powers.<br/><br/>More than 50 speakers shared their suggestions, perspectives and concerns over reform of the 15-nation UNSC during a General Assembly session in New York. Among the large number of nations supporting a permanent seat for India and other emerging powers like Brazil and Germany, were two veto-wielding permanent members of the Council, the United Kingdom and France.<br/><br/>During the session, India's Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin, in a stinging criticism of the Security Council, had said that the 15-nation body is stuck in its own time warp and politics.He said, it is time to break the impasse to urgently reform the UN body that is unresponsive to the current global situation.