New York: After US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, it is now British Prime Minister Keir Starmer who has supported India’s permanent accession to a reformed United Nations Security Council. This further indicates a growing demand to increase the number of permanent members to reflect the contemporary global reality.
Addressing the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Starmer said: “If we want the system to benefit the poorest and most vulnerable, then their voices must be heard. We need to make the system more representative and more receptive to those who need it. “Therefore, we will advocate not only for fairer outcomes, but also for fairer representation in how they are achieved.”
“This also applies to the Security Council. It has to change to become a more representative body, ready to act, not paralyzed by politics. We want to see permanent African representation on the Council, Brazil, India, Japan and Germany as members permanent seats, and also more seats for elected members,” he added.
What did the US and France say about India’s inclusion in the UN Security Council?
Addressing the Assembly on Wednesday, Macron said: “We have a Security Council that is blocked… Let’s make the UN more efficient. We have to make it more representative.” “For this reason,” he said, “France is in favor of expanding the Security Council. Germany, Japan, India and Brazil should be permanent members, as well as two countries that Africa decides to represent.”
These remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-day trip to the United States, where he was received by US President Joe Biden at his Delaware residence on September 21. Biden, 81, expressed his immense gratitude for India’s leadership on the world stage, particularly Prime Minister Modi’s leadership in the G20 and the Global South.
According to the White House, the US president praised Modi’s commitment to strengthening the Quad to ensure a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, the White House said. He said India is at the forefront of efforts to seek solutions to the most pressing challenges, from supporting the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic to addressing the devastating consequences of conflicts around the world.
Additionally, Biden shared with the Indian Prime Minister that the United States supports initiatives to reform global institutions to reflect India’s important voice, including India’s permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council. The leaders also expressed their view that a closer partnership between the United States and India is vital to the success of efforts to build a cleaner, more inclusive, safer and more prosperous future for the planet.
India’s call for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
India has been at the forefront of efforts at the UN to push for urgent, long-overdue Security Council reform, emphasizing that it rightly deserves a place at the UN high table as a permanent member. India maintains that the 15-nation council founded in 1945 is not fit for purpose in the 21st century and does not reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
Currently, the UNSC is made up of five permanent members and 10 non-permanent member countries who are elected for a two-year term by the United Nations General Assembly. The five permanent members are Russia, the United Kingdom, China, France and the United States and these countries can veto any substantive resolution. India last sat at the UN high table as a non-permanent member in 2021-22
In a joint statement after last week’s Quad Leaders Summit, India, the United States, Japan and Australia said: “We will reform the UN Security Council, recognizing the urgent need to make it more representative, inclusive, transparent , efficient, effective, democratic and responsible by expanding the permanent and non-permanent categories of members of the UN Security Council This expansion of permanent seats should include the representation of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean in a. Security Council renovated.
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