Uniting for Consensus Uniting for Consensus Uniting for Consensus (UfC) is a movement, nicknamed the Coffee Club, that developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible expansion of permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council. Under the leadership of Italy, it aims to counter the bids for permanent seats proposed by G4 nations (Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan) and is calling for a consensus before any decision is reached on the form and size of the Security Council. Italy, through the ambassador Francesco Paolo Fulci, along with Pakistan, Mexico and Egypt, in 1995 founded the "Coffee Club". The four countries were
Reform of the United Nations Security Council of the 2000 Millennium Declaration, and other UN reform-related issues. On 26 July 2005, five UN member countries, Italy, Argentina, Canada, Colombia and Pakistan, representing a larger group of countries called "Uniting for Consensus" led by Italy, proposed to the General Assembly another project that maintains five permanent members and raises the number of non-permanent members to 20. On May 2011, 120 UN members states participated in a Uniting for Consensus meeting in Rome. One proposed change is to admit more permanent members. The candidates usually mentioned are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. They comprise the group of G4 nations,