United Nations : India’s push for a permanent seat this year on the United Nations Security Council has not yielded results. A decision in this respect has been rolled over to next year with no breakthrough in discussions among the stakeholders.
India had been strongly pushing for completing the long-pending reforms of the Security Council by the end of the 70th anniversary of the UN this September. “It is unfortunate that the 70th anniversary of the United Nations was not able to build up momentum on this important item on the agenda of the General Assembly,” India said in a joint statement with Brazil, Japan and Germany.
In May, the G4 nations, which support each other’s claim, had decried the “out of date” structure of the UN Security Council, saying the problem of “imbalance of influence” in the Council cannot be corrected if only non-permanent members are added to the powerful UN body as part of its reform and expansion in both categories is essential to achieve equilibrium that reflects current global realities.
At the moment, Britain, France, the United States, China and Russia are the permanent members and hold veto power.
Last month, India failed to gain entry to the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a block of 48 countries that controls the trade in nuclear technology and material.
