India criticised the stalled UN Security Council reform process, saying negotiations cannot be held hostage by narrow interests of some countries. At the UNGA, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said 17 rounds of talks have produced no concrete outcome and called for time-bound negotiations. India backed expansion of both permanent and non-permanent seats with greater Global South representation.
India has sharply criticised the lack of progress in reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying the process cannot be held hostage by the "narrow, divisive interests" of a handful of member states.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday decided to roll over the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reforms to its 81st session, continuing an annual process that has now entered its 18th year without any concrete outcome. Negotiations on reforming the 15-member Security Council will resume when the 81st session of the UNGA begins in September.
India joined the consensus to adopt the oral decision but expressed strong disappointment over the absence of tangible progress and attempts by some member states to delay meaningful reforms.
"The 80th IGN session, like the previous sessions, has not been successful in forging any outcomes or initiatives that could pave the way for implementing real reforms. The cluster debates have largely been a reiteration of known positions of member states and groups," India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said.
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