The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a negotiating text by consensus for the long-pending Security Council reforms, setting the stage for talks on the issue at its 70th session beginning Tuesday,
The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a negotiating text by consensus for the long-pending Security Council reforms, setting the stage for talks on the issue at its 70th session beginning Tuesday, boosting India’s bid for a permanent seat in the revamped world body.
India termed as “historic” and “path-breaking” the adoption of the document, saying the decision puts the inter-governmental process formally on an “irreversible text-based neg-otiations path” and cha-nges the “dynamics” of the negotiations on ach-ieving UNSC reforms.
UN General Assembly president Sam Kutesa convened a plenary meet to take action on the draft decision on the “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Cou-ncil and related matters”. During the meeting, he also circulated letters containing the positions of key countries, including Russia, the US and China which refused to contribute to the negotiating text.
India’s ambassador to the UN, Asoke Mukerji, said the “most important aspect” of today’s decision is the text circulated by Mr Kutesa in July which we have agreed will be the guiding basis for our deliberations in the 70th General Assembly session. What you have delivered today to all 193 member states of the UN, is truly historic and path-breaking.”
