India will continue to strive for reform of UN: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday made out a case for restructuring the United Nations Security Council.

"The Security Council has not changed at all and its present structure poses serious problems of legitimacy. The system of two-tiered membership, which gives a veto to the five permanent members i.e. the nations that emerged victorious after the Second World War, is clearly anachronistic," said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister also said that India would continue to strive for the reform of the United Nations.

"India will seek its due place. It will continue to strive for the reform of the UN to make it more democratic," said Singh.

The prime minister also criticised the G8 and G20 groupings, saying they are not representative, not cohesive, and have no legitimacy within UN system.