- India is a responsible member of United Nations
- Not all countries are properly represented
- The talks would go on for another 75 years without any progress
India has criticized the United Nations General Assembly’s decision to extend the intergovernmental talks on Security Council reforms to the next session. India called it another wasted opportunity. India asserted that talks on reforming the Security Council could continue for another 75 years without any progress.
No progress has been made in the last four decades
The General Assembly adopted an oral draft on reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) advancing the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) process for its 78th session. The 78th session will begin in September this year. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said India was steadfast in its stand that the decision to go ahead with the IGN could not be a mere technical exercise. She added that she sees this technical exercise as another missed opportunity to push IGN forward, which has made no progress in the past four decades.
India is a responsible member of United Nations
Kamboj said that India is a responsible member of the United Nations. It therefore joined the consensus in adopting the draft presented to it to acknowledge the personal efforts of the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly, Kasaba Korosi. He added that it is now clear that without an official record of proceedings in its current form and modus operandi, the IGN may be years away from real reform. But ‘GA Rules of Procedure’ have to be implemented. He emphasized that without a reform process all countries are not being properly represented in the Security Council.
India said that as a responsible member of the United Nations, we will continue to engage in this process with our partners who support the amendment and continue to emphasize efforts to transform it into a written dialogue rather than speeches. For members seeking to truly fulfill our leaders’ commitment to early and comprehensive reform of the Security Council, looking beyond the IGN may now be the only viable path forward.
