The main difference between the G4 and the African Union resolutions is on veto.
The remarks came as Left parties asked the Union government to have David C Mulford recalled while Opposition BJP sought an all-party meet over the controversial remarks by the US Ambassador to India on the Iran issue.
As India and other G-4 countries stepped up efforts to get permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan has claimed that its opposition to expansion of the world body's top organ was not 'country-specific'.
"We condemn the brutal use of force by Indian security forces against peaceful and unarmed protesters," it said.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States recognises -- as have Israeli courts -- the legal conclusions relating to individual settlements must depend on an assessment of specific facts and circumstances on the ground.
President A P J Abdul on Friday made a strong pitch for India getting a permanent membership of an enlarged United Nations Security Council.
President Kalam, who is on a four-day visit to Switzerland, will put forth India's position during wide-ranging talks with his Swiss counterpart Verena Schmid.
The UNSC has the power to slap Iran with sanctions.
Shirin Tahir Kheli, Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of State on UN reforms, said some development was hoped to be witnessed in the coming month with respect to the reform of the world body.
China attaches great importance to the important role of India in international affairs, is all Jiabao said when asked for his country's stand vis-a-vis India's UNSC bid.
Rediff.com digs into Parliamentary archives to gauge how the government has responded on the issue.
Blackwill asked India to engage in a major way to help build a civil society in Iraq.
India voted on last Saturday in favour of the US-supported resolution by the UN atomic watchdog agency that ordered Iran to suspend its nuclear programs.
The resolution, which was passed unanimously, would extend the NATO led force's area of operations to several provinces which are now ruled by armed warlords.
Japan will give up its bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the time being since it had failed to win enough support from the international community, a Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday.
Japan is considering a new draft resolution for expansion of the United Nations Security Council and is expected to consult other G-4 members, including India, on it.
The resolution got 11 votes with three abstentions in the 15-member council. But the negative vote by the US killed the resolution.
Criticising the G-4 proposals, Pakistani UN Ambassador Munir Akram said a vote on it should be avoided as it would 'divide the membership and raise tensions in different parts of the world'.
"The world sees India as a growing opportunity. I expect it to have more role in world affairs."
The US has so far endorsed only Japan's bid.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh maintained that India will demand veto power if it gets the permanent seat in the Security Council.
Koizumi will hold talks with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh before going on to Pakistan.
'Our strong support is there to India becoming a Security Council member,' British High Commissioner to India Michael Arthur said.
'I would urge my Indian friends to look at how significant the overall support was.'
'How could we have gone from a position of strength in the international community to virtual isolation,' asks Karl F Inderfurth, former US assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs.
The US senate will now have to approve Mulford's nomination, which was announced by the White House on Thursday.
Japan denies giving up bid for a permanent seat on the UNSC
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