India G4 Nations Security Council Reform

The lack of adequate geographic representation in the UNSC is responsible for its failures, and giving Africa permanent membership will be essential to make the top UN body effective, R. Ravindra, charge d'affaires of India's UN mission has said.

India has presented a detailed model on behalf of the G4 nations for Security Council reform that includes new permanent members elected democratically by the General Assembly and displays flexibility on the veto issue.

China, which has been stonewalling India's entry into the UN Security Council, on Thursday said there were "enormous divisions" on reforms to expand the premier body of the United Nations and expressed its willingness to work for a "package solution" that can accommodate interests and concerns of all parties.

The G4 nations of Brazil, Germany, Japan and India have asserted that the mandate of the United Nations'' Inter-Governmental Negotiations is to achieve the long-pending reforms of the UNSC and not endlessly debate it.

India along with the other G-4 nations today strongly criticised the "very frustrating" developments in the UN Security Council reform process this year, expressing their displeasure and disappointment at the lack of transparency in negotiations, even as the General Assembly President expressed satisfaction over movement made in reforming the most ...

India and the G4 nations voiced concern over the lack of substantive progress in the long-pending Security Council reform, saying it is time to finally initiate text-based negotiations to safeguard the legitimacy and credibility of the powerful UN organ.

Foreign Ministers of G4 countries, including India, have called for an "early reform" of the UN Security Council and expansion of its permanent and non-permanent members at a meeting on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly Sessions of the United Nations

Demanding comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council, G4 nations of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have asserted that they are legitimate candidates for permanent membership in the top UN body on account of the "geopolitical realities" of the 21st century.

Skirting the demand of G4 countries, including India, to speed up reforms in the UN Security Council by expanding its permanent members, Chinese President Xi Jinping today called for global efforts to defend authority and role of the UN.

India, Japan, Germany and Brazil today said that the nations "legitimate" candidates for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council as they pushed for its reform in a "fixed timeframe". Hosting the special summit in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the task should be accomplished immediately.

There is an urgent need to reform the United Nations Security Council within a suitable time frame to make it more representative and the members of the G4 countries are legitimate for permanent membership. This was what Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Brazilian President Dilma R...

In his opening remarks at a special summit in New York of four countries - Japan, Germany, Brazil and India or the G-4 - host Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch to reform the United Nations Security Council and include as permanent members "the world's largest democracies."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the United Nations Security Council or UNSC must be reformed within a fixed time frame to "include the world's largest democracies, major locomotives of the global economy, and voices from all the major continents."

The lack of adequate geographic representation in the UNSC is responsible for its failures, and giving Africa permanent membership will be essential to make the top UN body effective, R. Ravindra, charge d'affaires of India's UN mission has said.

India has presented a detailed model on behalf of the G4 nations for Security Council reform that includes new permanent members elected democratically by the General Assembly and displays flexibility on the veto issue.

China, which has been stonewalling India's entry into the UN Security Council, on Thursday said there were "enormous divisions" on reforms to expand the premier body of the United Nations and expressed its willingness to work for a "package solution" that can accommodate interests and concerns of all parties.

The G4 nations of Brazil, Germany, Japan and India have asserted that the mandate of the United Nations'' Inter-Governmental Negotiations is to achieve the long-pending reforms of the UNSC and not endlessly debate it.

India along with the other G-4 nations today strongly criticised the "very frustrating" developments in the UN Security Council reform process this year, expressing their displeasure and disappointment at the lack of transparency in negotiations, even as the General Assembly President expressed satisfaction over movement made in reforming the most ...

India and the G4 nations voiced concern over the lack of substantive progress in the long-pending Security Council reform, saying it is time to finally initiate text-based negotiations to safeguard the legitimacy and credibility of the powerful UN organ.

Foreign Ministers of G4 countries, including India, have called for an "early reform" of the UN Security Council and expansion of its permanent and non-permanent members at a meeting on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly Sessions of the United Nations

Demanding comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council, G4 nations of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have asserted that they are legitimate candidates for permanent membership in the top UN body on account of the "geopolitical realities" of the 21st century.

Skirting the demand of G4 countries, including India, to speed up reforms in the UN Security Council by expanding its permanent members, Chinese President Xi Jinping today called for global efforts to defend authority and role of the UN.

India, Japan, Germany and Brazil today said that the nations "legitimate" candidates for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council as they pushed for its reform in a "fixed timeframe". Hosting the special summit in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the task should be accomplished immediately.

There is an urgent need to reform the United Nations Security Council within a suitable time frame to make it more representative and the members of the G4 countries are legitimate for permanent membership. This was what Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Brazilian President Dilma R...

In his opening remarks at a special summit in New York of four countries - Japan, Germany, Brazil and India or the G-4 - host Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch to reform the United Nations Security Council and include as permanent members "the world's largest democracies."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the United Nations Security Council or UNSC must be reformed within a fixed time frame to "include the world's largest democracies, major locomotives of the global economy, and voices from all the major continents."