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“India ready to take

its place at global top tables

like G20 and UNSC”

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj says that even as the

world grapples with a pandemic and multilateralism is under stress, India has emerged on the

international stage as a rallying point of hope

one is an all-encompassing theme fo-
OUR BUREAU
cused on building a new orientation
New York, NY towards reformed multilateralism
and the second one is a “focus on the
ndia is ready to take its place at global counter-terrorism approach
the global top tables including
IG-20 and the UN Security Coun- and the way forward.”
cil presidency as the country is willing
to bring solutions to the table, India’s Giving more details about the
Permanent Representative to the UN schedule of the UNSC presiden-
Ruchira Kamboj said on Friday.
During the press briefing, when cy, Kamboj said that External
asked about UNSC reforms and In- Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
dia’s permanent seat at the security
council, Kamboj said, “India is ready will chair two high-level signa-
to take its place at the global top ture events that will take place
tables as a country that is willing to
bring solutions to the table. One of on December 14-15.
the central tenets of our foreign pol- Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj speaks at the United
icy is human-centric and which will The high-level open debate on
remain the same.” Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Yemen, in New York on Tuesday (ANI) the theme - “Maintenance of Inter-
India has been one of the lead- national Peace and Security: New
ing voices for the long-standing re- ready ready to take its place at the Presidency of the UN Security Coun- Orientation for Reformed Multilat-
forms due in the UNSC, stating that global top table,” she added. cil for the month of December. It is eralism” is scheduled to be held on
it surely deserves a position at the The top Indian diplomat at UN the second time in its two-year ten- December 14. The open debate will
highest level of the UN as a perma- further underscored nations back- ure as an elected member of the UN encourage the UN members to take
nent member. Proposals to restruc- ing India’s long-standing demand, Security Council that India has as- the conversation forward on reforms
ture the security council which now where several nations have called for sumed the Presidency of the Council. in the current multilateral architec-
has five permanent members and ten reforms, making it more representa- In the special briefing about the ture with the UN at its Centre to
elected to two-year terms, have been tive, inclusive, and transparent. UNSC presidency, India’s Perma- make it “more representative and fit
around for over two decades, but Talking about the UNSC re- nent Representative to the UN said, for purpose.”
have hit a stalemate in the UN Gen- forms, Kamboj said that the UN is “Over the last two years of our mem- On December 15, a high-level
eral Assembly. far from “reflective of the true di- bership of the council, I can say with briefing on the theme - “Threats to
Ambassador Kamboj told re- versity” of its wider membership. confidence that we have been shoul- International Peace and Security
porters that even as the world grap- She also said that after 22 years, the dering responsibilities well and mak- Caused by Terrorist Acts: Global Ap-
ples with a pandemic and multilat- world leaders called for comprehen- ing every effort to reach the different proach to Counter Terrorism - Chal-
eralism is under stress, India has sive UNSC reform but the Council voices within the council so, as to lenges and Way Forward” will seek to
emerged on the international stage has “not moved an inch.” Calling the ensure that the Council itself speaks build a consensus on the principles of
as a rallying point of hope. countries’ favor for UNSC reform in one voice as far as possible on a a global counter-terror architecture.
“In the last 2 years when the a “ray of hope” Kamboj said that variety of issues,” adding “We will The high-level briefing aims to en-
world was going through a crisis, In- during the 77th plenary session, 76 bring the same spirit to our Decem- hance the Delhi Declaration adopt-
dia has always been there as a solu- countries favored UNSC reform and ber presidency.” ed during the special meeting of the
tion provider. Like during COVID 73 spoke for UN reforms She also said that the focus will counter-terrorism committee held in
and more such matters, India is al- India, on Thursday, assumed the be on two major themes, the first October in India.

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