Uniting for Consensus the beginning of intergovernmental negotiations, when Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini hosted more than 75 countries to develop a shared path towards a reform of the Security Council. On May 2011, the members states which have participated in the group meeting held in Rome rose to 120. As of 19 February 2009, core members of the Uniting for Consensus group were: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Whilst Spain isn't an official member of the G20, it is a permanent invitee. Uniting for Consensus Uniting for Consensus (UfC) is a movement, nicknamed the Coffee Club, that developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible
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,