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Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 22nd Meeting Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj addresses at the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand in 2022 (ANI Photo/ Arindam Bagchi Twitter) United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debate on Ukraine (ANI)

“During our G-20 Presidency, we India has its own initiatives like addressed by the international com- opted in a meeting chaired by EAM
shall present India’s experiences, the ‘LiFE Movement’ & ‘The One munity through solidarity and unity. Jaishankar. It calls for account-
learnings and models as possible Sun One World One Grid’ to offer “In October 2022 as you all ability in cases of crimes against
templates for others, particularly the to the world. know, we brought the Security Coun- peace-keepers,” she added.
developing world.” From scaling up a seamless digi- cil, the famous horse-shoe table to The Indian envoy said overall,
The G-20 summit is tipped to tal payment model built on the pub- India for the very first time, adopt- India has been an effective presence
be qualitatively different from any lic digital infrastructure (UPI) to the ing the Delhi Declaration, where in the Council as it was leaving be-
of the previous multilateral summits unique digital identity, and the suc- the Security Council spoke with one hind the imprint of a caring and con-
that India has hosted. None of the cessful financial inclusion model of voice in countering terrorism in all tributive country.
previous summits had the world’s the bottom quintile to the seamless its forms and manifestations,” said “We are the only elected mem-
largest economies assembled in one transition to green energy, India now India’s permanent envoy to the UN. ber to hold two Presidencies during
place nor did they have the entire has many models to showcase to the She reiterated that India brought its tenure in the Security Council this
P-5 (permanent members of the UN developing world. the Council together in presenting a time. While the UAE Mission ap-
Security Council) represented. India assumed the monthly ro- united front against terrorism. plauded us in the wrap-up session as
In that sense, the G-20 summit tating presidency of the UN Secu- “In keeping up with the mo- a veteran Security Council member
would be the first-of-its-kind in its rity Council (UNSC) on December mentum, we piloted a statement with a principled foreign policy and
history. 1, the second time in its two-year on counter-terrorism and during a constructive approach, the Swiss
“To promote harmony within tenure, as an elected member of the our December Presidency, we once Mission to the UN complimented
the human family, we will seek to de- Council in 2021-22. India had earli- again brought the Council together us for an extremely efficient Decem-
politicize the global supply of food, er assumed the UNSC presidency in in presenting a united front against ber Presidency -- managing in three
fertilizers and medical products, so August 2021. terrorism,” she added. weeks what is usually done in four,”
that geopolitical tensions do not lead Summing up the last two years On multilateralism and reforms said Kamboj.
to humanitarian crises,” read India’s for the Indian Mission at the UN, in the UN, she said, “We focused India’s Presidency of the Shang-
G-20 statement earlier. underscoring India’s December our attention to the urgent need of hai Cooperation Organization
The G-20 presidency is an op- Presidency, India’s Permanent Rep- reformed multilateralism through (SCO) is also underway (it took over
portunity to present the diversity of resentative to the UN, Ruchira a signature event on December 14, Presidency in September).
India to the outside world. Kamboj said, “At the high-level week for it to be fit for the purpose that EAM Jaishankar is also on an
Among the large democracies, of UNGA in 2020, our Prime Minis- UN needs to be urgently reformed Austria visit as India assumes the
India has, by far, been the best per- ter Narendra Modi had said that we to deal those with current and future chairmanship of the Wassenaar Ar-
former in handling the Covid-19 will use the prestige and experience challenges”. rangement (WA) Plenary on Janu-
pandemic and the same has been of being the largest democracy in the Over 70 countries participated ary 1, 2023 for a period of one year.
acknowledged by the world. For the world for the benefit of the whole in an open discussion chaired by Ex- Wassenaar Arrangement’s secretari-
world, the Indian public goods de- world.” ternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at is located in its capital Vienna.
livery mechanism, at a billion-plus Kamboj said, lauding India’s and many affirmed supports for In- At the 26th annual Plenary of the
scale, has set a new template. tenure and achievements, “We can dia in an expanded Security Council. WA held in Vienna on November 30
India’s independent foreign pol- take pride in saying that India stood On maritime security, Kamboj to December 1, Ireland handed over
icy, so visibly demonstrated in the by those words. In the last two years, said until not too long ago, the Secu- the chairmanship to Jaideep Ma-
ongoing NATO-Russia (Ukraine) we spoke out in support of peace, rity Council was focused only on the zumdar, India’s Ambassador & Per-
war, has also made the world sit up security and prosperity. We did not issue of piracy, whereas maritime se- manent Representative to UN & In-
and take notice of New Delhi’s in- hesitate in raising our voice against curity encompasses far larger issues ternational Organizations in Vienna.
creasing global heft. the common enemies of humanity, as well as a large troop-contributing India also became a member of
G-20 can act as a forum to ex- such as terrorism.” country. Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
change experiences on societal ben- She emphasized that India raised “As a large troop-contributing Controls for Conventional Arms and
efits and growth as complementary its voice against terrorism in these country, we also brought attention to Dual-Use Goods and Technologies,
goals would lead to fresh thinking on two years, bringing attention to its peace-keeping in August 2021, pilot- showcasing the country’s forward
employment and the environment. various expressions which need to be ing Resolution 2589, which was ad- strides in geopolitics.

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