United Nations: India once again expressed its tough position on the reform of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. India has warned against “minor changes” to the existing structure of the UN Security Council, saying it could indefinitely postpone important issues such as permanent membership expansion and focus on the under-representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America. These comments were made by India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Harish, at the annual plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly on “Issue of Equitable Representation and Increase in Membership of the Security Council” on Monday.
He said that despite decades of repeated reiteration of the urgent need for UN Security Council reform, “it is disappointing that we have achieved nothing in this regard since 1965, when the last time the Security Council was enlarged was only in 1965,” he said. The membership of the committee was increased from 6 elected members to 10 members. Talking about the nature of the Inter-Governmental Dialogue (IGN) process, Harish said that 16 years after its establishment, the IGN was mainly limited to the exchange of statements rather than mutual dialogue. “There’s no dialogue text,” he said. There is no time limit. And there is no clear end goal. “
India says – there is no longer a case of waiting
India stressed that while it sought real concrete progress from the IGN, including progress on developing a new “model” for Security Council reform as a precursor to text-based negotiations, Delhi urged caution on two fronts. First, Harish said requiring member states to submit minimum information should not force them to wait indefinitely to demonstrate their models. Furthermore, the development of ensemble models based on “convergence” should not lead to a race to find the lowest common “denominator.” He warned that this could lead to some important factors being postponed indefinitely or “long-term”, such as expanding the permanent category and focusing on the underrepresentation of countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Putting the cart before the horse
India has also expressed concern over the “consensus” argument put forward by a select few countries that support the “status quo”. “Their argument is that ‘we have to agree on everything’ before we can start text-based negotiations! Of course we can’t have any more bizarre ‘putting the cart before the horse’ situations.” Harish said, as the “Global South” As a member, India believes that “representation” is an indispensable condition for the “legitimacy” of both parties. Not just the “effectiveness” of the Security Council, but the “effectiveness” of the United Nations as a whole. The term “global South” is often used to refer to economically less developed countries. India has been at the forefront of efforts to reform the Security Council over the years, including expanding its permanent and non-permanent membership.
Council is not fit for the 21st century
India said the 15-member council established in 1945 was not fit for purpose in the 21st century and did not reflect contemporary geopolitical realities. India stressed that it deserves a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. In September this year, in his speech at the historic United Nations “Future Summit”, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that reform of global institutions is necessary for global peace and development, and reform is the key to relevance. (language)
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