According to Global Policy Forum, "the P-5 are content with the present arrangements and oppose any changes that might dilute or challenge their power or expand their 'club.'
China has already announced it will block permanent membership for Japan, and the United States has suggested that it will only support Council reform that commands an implausibly 'broad consensus'".
[2] Article 109 provides for the convening of a "General Conference of the Members of the United Nations" to consider amendments.
Many organizations have launched lobbying efforts and petition drives in an attempt to invoke the provisions of Article 109.
A mandatory revision was one idea canvassed at San Francisco, in the context of the objections to the provision for a veto by countries that were not great powers".