India on Thursday issued a joint statement on behalf of the G4 countries at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the equitable representation of the UN Security Council. Ruchira Kamboj, India’s permanent representative to the UN, highlighted the “broad support” for reforms in the Security Council, saying that “the longer reform is suspended, the greater its representation deficit.”
“It is also important to remember that during this year’s high-level week, including the general debate of the 77th General Assembly, more than 70 heads of state and government and high-level government officials emphasized that the reform of the Security Council should be This broad support for this topic confirms its topicality and urgency,” said Kamboj.
“The longer the reform of the Security Council is suspended, the greater its deficit in representation. And representation is an inevitable prerequisite for its legitimacy and effectiveness,” she added.
The G4 countries – Brazil, Germany, India and Japan – are backing each other’s bids for permanent seats on the UN Security Council. #G4 (🇧🇷🇩🇪🇮🇳🇯🇵) Joint statement by PR @RuchiraKamboj at #UNGA meeting on fair representation of #UNSC. The longer Security Council reform is stalled, the greater the deficit in representation, an inevitable prerequisite for #SecurityCouncil legitimacy and effectiveness. — India at the UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) November 17, 2022
The senior diplomat emphasized that it is high time to bring the Security Council into line with its Charter obligation to act on behalf of the entire Membership. “This will not be achieved without strengthening membership in both categories. Only this will enable the Council to effectively manage today’s global conflicts and the increasingly complex and interconnected global challenges it faces today,” she added.
India reiterated the G4’s position on the need for a single consolidated text and renewed working methods to achieve an open, inclusive and transparent process on webcasting, record-keeping and the application of the General Assembly’s rules of procedure. “A single consolidated text, preferably with attribution, is the only means of moving away from the cycle of repeating well-known positions that has been a trademark of the IGN (Intergovernmental Negotiations) in the recent past,” Kamboj said.
