Objections Of Naysayers Of Reform "Remain Frozen In Time": India At UN

Deputy Permanent Representative of India to United Nations Ambassador R. Ravindra made the comments while addressing the General Assembly session on Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council'.

The UN Security Council is unable to act effectively in addressing increasingly complex issues of international peace and security as it lacks inclusive representation, India has said, asserting that while the global geo-political landscape has transformed, the objections of the naysayers of reform “remain frozen in time”.

Deputy Permanent Representative of India to United Nations Ambassador R. Ravindra made the comments while addressing the General Assembly session on ‘Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council'.

“We heard our leaders at the General Debate of the UNGA earlier this year high-light the urgency and importance of reforming global governance structures in order to make them fit for purpose for the needs of the 21st century,” he said on Monday.

Mr Ravindra said that in the over four decades that have gone by since the inscription of this item on the agenda of the General Assembly, “even as the geo-political landscape around us has transformed, the objections of the naysayers of reform remain frozen in time.”