India, at the United Nations General Assembly, said the Security Council has become a “weakened body”.
New York:
India, at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said today the Security Council has become a “deficient body” because it is “unable to act with credibility essentially in due to its unrepresentative nature “.
Speaking at the Assembly, TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, also stressed that IGN (Intergovernmental Negotiations) has become a platform for debate at the university rather than a serious results-oriented process at the UN composed of sovereign member states. .
“Today’s Security Council is a weakened body. It has not been able to act with credibility primarily due to its unrepresentative nature. But then, what happens to the inside the IGN process, to which we seem to be attached? ” he said.
He added: “Within the IGN, nothing has changed for over a decade, except to hear passionate statements about the need for reform. In fact, it has not progressed as it is not only informal but it has no house rules and has not. For a decade it has remained so. We are forced to keep our own notes, which places a huge burden on all small and medium states. The same countries that have shed crocodile tears for small and medium states are the same as the basic courtesy, which is to help them keep an official record of the discussions. What is happening here has no trace and we are starting over next year as if nothing had happened. And of course, we don’t even have a single negotiating text. IGN has become as a platform for debate in a university rather than a serious results-driven process within the United Nations composed of sovereign member states. “
“And why did we come to this? This is because only a few countries do not want us to proceed. They prevented the IGN from progressing. They are using the IGN as a smokescreen to prevent themselves from being identified by the lip service reform of the Security Council. The conditions they set out are impossible to fulfill – which is the subject of a full consensus of all Member States. Ironically, this is happening at a time when we were in a great hurry last week to offer ourselves the voting rights. But for the IGN, they do not want a vote, let us leave the electronic vote, but only a complete consensus! ” he said.
Mr Tirumurti said there was no mention of the words ‘breathe new life into the discussions’ on the reform of the United Nations Security Council in the letter from the PGA (President of the General Assembly) who gives the mandate given to the co-facilitators. “I hope we haven’t started to distance ourselves from the UN @ 75 statement before the ink has even dried,” he said.
For the progress needed by the end of the 75th session, he said: “First, we want the application of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly to IGN to result in an open, inclusive and transparent process; second, we call for a text – well-founded negotiations to begin with – a text reflecting all the positions and proposals of member states will be needed to move forward; and reaffirm our strong support for the common African position, as specified in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration. “
“At the last Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, 120 leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement expressed their support for the African Common Position for the first time. Let’s not sidetrack this discussion by asking for greater representation just for Africa, but we need to ask for greater representation for all who deserve to be on the Security Council, including Africa, Latin America. and others. For all of this, we need a serious and credible process, ”he said.
He declined to comment on Pakistan’s recent remarks on India, however.
“I do not want to waste the time of this House by responding to irrelevant and irresponsible remarks by the representative of Pakistan, who has become << pavlovien >> whenever India is mentioned. This is a forum for serious debate and not for frivolous allegations, “he said.
“We need a decisive movement this year. Without a decisive movement, I think that those who support a real reform and who wish to keep the commitment made by our leaders, will be forced to look beyond the IGN, perhaps towards this same Assembly, to obtain results. If that happens, we should not hesitate to revamp the IGN process itself, ”he added.
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