section_path: Organization/Proposed permanent secretariat
section_name: Proposed permanent secretariat
paragraph_text: Proposed permanent secretariat
  
  In 2010, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy proposed the establishment of a permanent G20 secretariat, similar to the United Nations. Seoul and Paris were suggested as possible locations for its headquarters. Brazil and China supported the establishment of a secretariat, while Italy and Japan expressed opposition to the proposal. South Korea proposed a "cyber secretariat" as an alternative.