United Nations, May 27 (IANS) Even as the Security Council, frozen in the world of 1945, faces a crisis of credibility, India has said that “entrenched interests” are blocking reforms needed to make it capable of meeting contemporary challenges.“Lack of progress in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on Council reforms is indicative of entrenched interests of several member states to maintain the status quo and retain the eight-decade-old UNSC architecture”, India’s Permanent Rep…
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United Nations, Jan 22 (IANS) Delaying Security Council reforms would cause “more human suffering and misery”, the G4 nations have warned while presenting a model for early action to restructure the UN’s highest decision-making body.With “countless innocent lives” lost every day to ongoing conflicts, “we must collectively make every moment count”, India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish said on behalf of the G4 at the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) for Security Council …
United Nations, Jan 15 (IANS) As the world organisation faces an “urgent make-or-break moment” and the Security Council is paralysed, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock has stressed the importance of reforming the highest decision-making body.Briefing the Assembly on her priorities on Wednesday (local time), she slammed the Council, saying, “As the most visible organ of the United Nations, its inability to act in cases of violations of international peace and security affects the…