UN has become a hostage of the past…Jaishankar strongly advocated for reform of the Security Council.

New Delhi : India has reiterated its demand for urgent reforms in international decision-making structures, especially the expansion of the UN Security Council. The reason for India’s insistence is that the Global South gets its proper representation. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at the G-20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York that fair representation of countries from Asia, Africa and South America in both the permanent and elected categories of the reformed UNSC is a ‘special imperative’.

UN becomes hostage of the past

The Foreign Minister said that the countries of the Global South cannot be made ‘non-cooperative’. Jaishankar said that today the world has developed into a smart, interconnected and multipolar region. Since the establishment of the United Nations, the number of its members has increased four times. Yet the United Nations remains hostage to the past. As a result, the Security Council struggles to fulfill its mandate of maintaining international peace and stability, he/she said.

Global South should get voice

Jaishankar said increasing the representation of the Global South in the current 15-member permanent category of the UNSC is important to ensure that the body is representative, credible and effective. At the event organized at the United Nations Headquarters, he/she said that Asia, Africa and South America should be given their legitimate voice. Jaishankar said India remains steadfast in its commitment to rules-based, open, inclusive and transparent multilateral trading systems, with the World Trade Organization at its core.

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Jaishankar met Lavrov

Jaishankar met his/her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during the meeting. They are understood to have discussed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s next visit to Russia for bilateral meetings with President Vladimir Putin and the BRICS summit on October 22-23.