French President support for UNSC seat for India: French President Emmanuel Macron has supported India’s bid for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council and advocated the expansion of the UN body. “We have a Security Council that we need to make more effective,” Macron told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. We have to make it more representative.
“Therefore, France is in favor of the expansion of the Security Council,” he said. Germany, Japan, India and Brazil should be permanent members, as well as two countries that Africa will decide to represent it.” After this statement, China and Pakistan will feel the most pain, because both of them are not. Want that emerging country India should get permanent membership in global power.
India has been at the forefront of efforts at the United Nations to immediately implement long-pending reforms in the Security Council and has been insisting that it should seek a permanent seat at the highest forum of the United Nations. Is entitled to. India argues that the 15-nation council, established in 1945, is not suitable for the purposes of the 21st century.
Let us tell you that at present the Security Council consists of 5 permanent members and 10 temporary member countries, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for a two-year term. The 5 permanent members are Russia, Britain, China, France and America and these countries can veto any important proposal.
French President Emmanuel Macron demands changes in UNSC
India last sat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations High Council in 2021-22. In his address, Macron called for changes in the working methods of the Security Council, limiting the right of veto in cases of mass crimes and paying more attention to operational decisions necessary to maintain peace. He said, “The time has come to gain efficiency to work better on the ground.” This comment of Macron was made by the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi This comes days after he addressed the ‘Summit of the Future’ on Sunday, in which he stressed that reform of institutions is necessary for global peace and development.
UN Secretary General Antonio’s warning
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council while addressing the summit. He said that its rights are decreasing. He warned that if its structure and functioning are not improved, it will lose all its credibility. The UN chief made a clear call: “We cannot build a future for our grandchildren with the same system that was built for our grandparents.”
