By NNN-PTI,
United Nations : Seeking “real change” in the UN Security Council both in its composition and working methods, India has said that contemporary reality demands new countries’ inclusion as its permanent members and highlighted the need for “decisive progress” on the issue of reform.
“Contemporary reality demands new inclusions in the permanent membership,” Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, Hardeep Puri, said.
He stated this in his intervention during the informal plenary exchange of the fourth round of negotiations on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Related Matters.
“Working methods also need improvement, and it would be unrealistic to hope to achieve this without an expansion in the permanent membership,” Puri said at the UN headquarters.