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RAISINA DIALOGUE 2024

India and the world: Who is gaming trading

rules and blocking India’s entry into the UNSC?

At the Raisina Dialogue discussion, EAM Jaishankar took a veiled jab at China, one

of the five permanent members of the 15-member UN Security Council

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n a major declaration, External
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
Isaid on Thursday that the failure
of the United Nations to find multi-
lateral solutions to issues such as the
gaming of trading rules, which many
countries have taken advantage of
at the expense of the international
system, demonstrated the case for a
comprehensive reform of the global
organization.
“When the UN was invented, it
had approximately 50 members. We
have four times the members. So, it’s
a common-sense proposition that you
can’t continue the same way when
you have four times the members. If
you look at the last five years, for all
the big issues, we have not been able
to find a multilateral solution. So, the
lack of results demonstrates the case
for reform,” Jaishankar said.
“In many cases, the rules have Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and other dignitaries attend
been gamed. We speak about glo-
balization. The fact is that the world the 9th Raisina Dialogue 2024 in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI)
trading rules have been gamed. ... a
lot of our challenges today also em- force earlier, is largely responsible for and we’ll have to live with a long peri- 2024 is a year of immense geopolit-
anate from how countries have used where we are today. The new players od of incremental progress before we ical importance as half of the world
that for their benefit at the expense haven’t helped,” Jaishankar said. get to some kind of landing point,” will go to the polls. Elections, he felt,
of the international system,” Jaishan- At the Raisina Dialogue discus- Jaishankar said. are a testament to the lasting power
kar said. sion on Thursday, Jaishankar also Last week, India’s permanent of democracy. The Indian elections
When asked about various com- took a veiled jab at China, one of ambassador to the United Nations, in particular have challenged flawed
plex geopolitical challenges and di- the five permanent members of the Ruchira Kamboj highlighted that In- notions that scale is a barrier to de-
verse positions on them by different 15-member UN Security Council for dia supports a comprehensive reform mocracy, and have shown that demo-
key countries, such as the US sup- being the “biggest” opponent of its of the United Nations Security Coun- cratic processes can deliver stronger
port of Israel in its ongoing war with reforms. cil across all five clusters, including economic growth and social cohesion.
Hamas and India’s strong relationship India, a founding member of the an expansion in both the permanent “India is the world’s fast-
with Russia in view of the Ukraine UN in 1945, played an active role in and non-permanent categories. est-growing economy. Greece has
conflict, Jaishankar said the endeav- the drafting of the UN Charter and Kamboj was speaking at the in- over the past years enjoyed some of
or has to be to find middle ground. has been a vocal proponent of re- tergovernmental negotiations on Se- the fastest growth rates of any Eu-
“The reality in many cases is we forming the UNSC. curity Council Reform in New York. ropean country. Mutual investment
won’t find a middle ground. In addi- “If you take UN Security Coun- The Greece Prime Minister and is a major goal of our bilateral rela-
tion to the old issues, there are also cil reform, the biggest opposer is not Prime Minister Narendra Modi inau- tions, and I’m pleased to say that we
the new issues. The big debates of a Western country. So, let’s get the gurated the Raisina Dialogue here on already have a number of significant
the day, connectivity, debt, trade, and totality of the problem right. We have Wednesday evening. The Raisina Di- Greek investments here in India in
how these are leveraged today, are to battle bit by bit to create groups for alogue is India’s flagship conference many sectors, including food pro-
not necessarily all coming out of the change. On many issues, you will get on geopolitics and geoeconomics. cessing, maritime and air transport,
West. So, the West, as the dominant different combinations of countries, PM Mistotakis pointed out that logistics,” he added.

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