Nor does another permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,China.
VOA: special.2010.07.24
In this day and age, when Britain sometimes struggles to justify its status as a permanentmemberoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil or as a "major player on the world stage", the medal table may prove to be a more accurate measure of international standing than the size, for example, ofthe GDP or the armed forces.
As a permanentmemberoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil, it can veto threatening resolutions, as it did a year ago (just three days before it secured exploration rights to three more offshore blocks near Ramree).