Other nations seeking a permanent council seat include Israel, Brazil, Germany and India.
But Nato wants to have something special to announce by the time of the next ministerial meeting of the Joint Permanent Council in Brussels next month.
His campaign has criticised Mr Obama for seeking UN Security Council backing for his Syria policies, thereby giving Russia and China a veto as permanent council members.
The five permanent Security Council members have been trying to agree on what to do about Iran's nuclear program.
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Eurocrats in Brussels like to portray the rotating presidency as largely redundant now there is a permanent European Council president.
If one of the permanent five council members has placed the hold, the block on the waiver request could last indefinitely.
Among the permanent Security Council members who could veto a resolution on Iraq, only Britain has publicly supported the United States.
The Nato-Russia Permanent Joint Council was established in May 1997 to give Russia a consultative role in discussion of matters of mutual interest.
Instead he asked the Security Council to pass a nonbinding resolution stressing the urgency of global disarmament and arms-control treaties among the five permanent Security Council members.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will be meeting with officials from the other permanent Security Council members -- Russia, France and China -- in the next few days, Bartlett said.
When Deits went before the Pacifica City Council to establish a permanent lease, the council members divided, then turned him down.
By saying he would consult the permanent Security-Council members, Mr Bush suggested he was still seeking an international coalition against Mr Hussein.
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Security Council permanent member but also voted for this resolution.
The talks are due to be held in Geneva on 1 October with Tehran and the five permanent UN Security Council members - US, UK, Russia, China and France - plus Germany.
During a meeting with the four other Security Council permanent members -- Britain, Russia, France and China -- Powell stressed the importance of dialogue and compromise with the other members, diplomats said.
Security Council permanent members and Germany.
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If Russia now backs tougher Security Council sanctions, China may be reluctant to be the only permanent member of the council to block new measures.
South Africa also started a two-year stint on the United Nations Security Council last year and is among the nations jockeying for a permanent seat on the council if it is reconfigured.
Both Bush and Aznar expressed optimism that the Security Council will end sanctions on Iraq, despite reservations expressed by two permanent members of the council, Russia and France, who also opposed military action before the war.
The presidency of the Council of Ministers rotates on a six monthly basis, although future meetings of the European Council will be chaired by the new permanent president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy.
Both Russia and France - as two of the five permanent members of the Security Council - have the power to veto the US draft plan, as does permanent member China.
Security Council members -- gave the Iraqi proposal a cool reception but Russia, another permanent member of the Security Council, said the avenue should be explored.
The council could take up the proposal on Tuesday -- but as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, Russia could veto any resolution.
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In February, Britain became the only permanent member of the council to back this compromise.
The United States, Britain, France, Russia and China hold permanent seats on the council with veto power.
But Russia, a veto-wielding permanent member of the council, said it was not the time to impose sanctions.
However he added that if South Africa was chosen for a permanent seat on the council it would not refuse.
The Security Council (permanent members: America, Britain, China, France and Russia) created the programme, in what was a thoroughly political decision.
Of the five permanent members of the council that have the power of veto over its decisions, three France, Russia and China have reservations.
But like-minded countries say that this provision would politicise the court, giving every permanent member of the council a veto over its activities.
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