UNITED NATIONS, JUL 15 (PTI): The UNSC’s 80-year-old structure, ill-equipped to address contemporary challenges, has been ineffective in ending human suffering due to raging conflicts across the globe, India has said, as it also called for the financial architecture to evolve to better serve the priorities of developing countries.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, was addressing the informal meeting of the General Assembly, ‘Taking Stock of the Pact for the Future – Ministerial Roundtable two: Making Multilateralism Fit for the Future’, here Tuesday when he made the remarks regarding the effectiveness of the United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC).
“Public perception about the UN has changed adversely in the recent past, primarily due to the Security Council’s inability to meaningfully intervene in raging conflicts across different parts of the globe,” Parvathaneni said. The Security Council has been ineffective in putting an end to human suffering among the affected populations, he added.
“The foundational principle for the establishment of the United Nations – maintenance of international peace and security – has therefore, been called to question,” he said.
Parvathaneni’s statement came a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday launched India’s official campaign for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council.
