| A soft bounce is the failed delivery of an e-mail due to a nonpermanent reason, such as mailbox full or unavailable server. |
| There are 10 nonpermanent members who are elected to the council for two-year terms. |
| Germany is expected to join the Council as a nonpermanent member in January and to take the chair in February. |
| In that context, we believe that the Security Council needs to be enlarged in both categories of its membership: permanent and nonpermanent. |
| We ask for at least two permanent members with a veto and five nonpermanent seats. |
| Concerning the category of nonpermanent seats, that issue has been touched upon by several delegations. |
