India among 32 countries to seek urgent, comprehensive reforms in UN Security Council

India emphasised its concerns in a statement of 32 countries highlighting the urgency to push reforms in the UN Security Council.

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that the United Nations (UN) requires urgent and comprehensive reforms. A number of world leaders emphasised that the Security Council must be reflective of the 'aspirations and perspectives of the developing world' that form the majority of UN global membership. India is a non-permanent member of the UNSC council.

India emphasised its concerns in a statement of 32 countries highlighting the urgency to push reforms in the UN Security Council.

"We recognize that a resilient world urgently needs reformed and effective multilateralism to deliver solutions for the pressing and evolving challenges of our time, developmental challenges, poverty, climate change, pandemics, global food security, international conflicts and crises, and international terrorism," the joint statement read.

"We reaffirm that adapting the United Nations to the contemporary world realities necessarily requires urgent and comprehensive reform of the Security Council, the principal organ for international peace and security," the statement added.

Reiterated our joint commitment to work towards text based negotiations that leads to Reformed Multilateralism.Will continue our cooperation towards this goal.