Topic: India’s Effort for Permanent Seat in the UN Security Council

A permanent seat in the UN Security Council is well deserved by India. The UN needs to be restructured to present the geopolitical realities of the 21st century. India rightly deserves a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, due to being the largest democracy in the world, home to 1/6th of mankind of the world, 4th largest economy.

One of the largest peace-keeping contributor to the UN and given its credentials in world peace and interests of the developing countries. A formula to expand the security council is being prepared. India has started efforts in this direction by adopting various policies to secure its permanent candidature.

India has also campaigned this cause at various meetings, summits conferences and forums to win support from nations of the world and has succeeded in this attempt to a greater extent. India discusses this point and gets support from friend countries in bilateral talks and relations. India has formed a group with Japan, Germany and Brazil, collectively known as G-4 who want permanent seats for themselves. G-4 has put forward a draft resolution calling for an expansion of UN security council. Apart from this, India has received a lot of support from a majority of countries, mostly developing, who have pledged individual support to India’s candidature. All these efforts of India have yield better fruits in form of affirmative support to India’s candidature.

All these efforts of India have yield better fruits in form of affirmative support of the UN security council. However, few countries like Pakistan, Argentina, South Korea and Italy have also formed a coffee club to oppose G-4 resolution.

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