India Wants More Developing Countries’ Representation at UN Security Council

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must have more representation of developing nations, including from Africa; was the opinion of India at the United Nations General Assembly.

India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council Ambassador R Ravindra made this suggestion at the first meeting of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of ‘Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council.’

In his statement on the issue of “regional representation,” R Ravindra said that it is clear that outdated systems that were created to deal with the challenges of the past cannot be expected to address the multitude of challenges of “today’s dynamic and interdependent world”.

The Security Council must be made more representative of developing countries, including from Africa. A truly representative Security Council is the most pressing need of the hour. Else, there is a real danger of the United Nations being superseded by other plurilateral and multilateral groupings which are more representative, more transparent and more democratic and, therefore, more effective,” R Ravindra said at the UNGA meeting.

“The Security Council can deliver effective solutions only if it gives a voice to the voiceless rather than zealously guarding the status quo of the mighty,” R Ravindra added.