![]() This has made a big impact in terms of the availability of food to poor countries and the poor communities in the world have been able to bring down the price of a lot of the food suppliers, fertilizers fuel and these sorts of things. However, the UN has managed to achieve very important breakthroughs, the black sea green initiative, for example, to open up the supply of Ukraine grain. But the ceasefire has been tragically elusive. And I know, he was constantly on the phone with UN negotiators in Moscow, trying to seek a resolution. UN chief Antonio Guterres was in India in October. ![]() And in particular, when it comes to complex Security Council. We see the challenges here as the Security Council members with veto power are engaged in conflict and it’s not possible for the UN itself to step in and take an active role without the agreement of the member states. The Secretary-General has been very clear on that, that there was absolutely no need and no purpose for this war, and that it should stop and cease immediately.Īs Prime Minister Modi said– this is not an era for war. It’s a terrible tragedy and something that certainly everybody wishes could have and should have been avoided. The war in Ukraine is a major failure, a failure of the society of humanity. ![]() It doesn’t sound revolutionary, but it’s actually quite a big step in the direction of reform of the Security Council.Īnd I’m optimistic at some point in the not-too-distant future, reform will happen.Ĭritics point out: The founding principles of the UN as the world’s self-designated purveyor of international peace and security, are at stake in its ability to prevent and resolve violent conflict– the Russian-Ukraine war. ![]() For example, the General Assembly recently put in place requirements that permanent members must explain to the General Assembly, whenever they use a veto. There is a movement for reform and there is a growing realization that it has to happen. Why such critical reforms are slow to implement? And there are a handful of countries that have very strong arguments and resumes to be members of this permanent Security Council structure. The legitimacy of the organisation is dependent on that. There is a realization within the P-5 in particular, that change has to come. But I do understand that there are more and more voices aligning for the Security Council to increase including the permanent members. There is momentum on that and there is a working group process. There is no representation, for example, from Africa, or from Latin America, and not enough representation clearly in other regions, Asia, for example. It was created in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the number of member states and the UN have sort of more than quadrupled since then. Most member states agree and certainly, the UN Secretary-General agrees that the Security Council needs to be reformed to reflect the world of today. How do you look at the essential expansion of permanent and non-permanent categories of the UN Security Council and what is the process to ensure that the voices of developing countries and unrepresented regions find their due place? Army helicopter crash in Arunachal: Both Pilots lost their lives to blame outdated copter
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