India has demanded that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) be reformed at the earliest. In a letter to the UNGA President, India has once again stated that concrete action is necessary, highlighting that the process has lagged on for over a decade.
India’s letter comes in reference to ‘Common African Position‘ – that stresses about the aspirations of the African counties to get their rightful place in an expanded UNSC. India has asked a swift action for the UNSC reform with respect to ‘Common African Position’ that has been delayed by those ‘who do not want reform’ in the UN.
This letter sent by India to the UN Security Council, states that India will continue to raise its voice for tangible action for strengthening the world body.
Right now only five nations, the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and China are permanent members. India being the world’s largest democracy, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan (the Group of 4 or G4 countries) for long, asked for their rightful place at the UN high table as a permanent member.
The G4 (India, Brazil, Germany and Japan), in a common letter, demands concrete action on UNSC reforms. The process has lagged on for over a decade without progress: Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York pic.twitter.com/PMtyrr3v12
— ANI (@ANI) September 1, 2020
Former Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, in 2019 had said on the issue of ‘Categories of Membership’ that a total of “113 member states out of the 122 which submitted their positions in the Framework Document, support expansion in both of the existing categories specified in the Charter.”
India has been fighting for its right to get membership as permanent Security Council member for years. However, it has the full support of four members, except China which has used its veto powers to stop India’s entry into the apex security body.
Earlier this year, India was overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member to the UNSC for the eighth-time. India was the only country from the Asia-Pacific Group and won the election unopposed.