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The US has reaffirmed its long-standing support for the inclusion of India, Japan and Germany as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield made this announcement in a discussion on the future of multilateralism and the future of UN reform at the Council on Foreign Relations. A few days later, leaders from around the world will gather in New York for a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. In such a situation, this announcement is considered very important. The US has presented new proposals to reform this powerful institution.
We strongly supported India
Linda said that Japan, Germany and India, which are part of the G-4 countries, are important for us. We have not clearly given our support to Brazil. In fact, Japan, Germany, Brazil and India have formed the G-4 group to support each other for permanent membership in the UNSC. She said, India has the largest population in the world and we strongly support its presence in the council and there is no basis to reject India’s claim.
India has always worked in the interest of the global south: Harish
New York. Guided by its philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, India has consistently worked in the interest of the global South. This was said by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish while presenting India’s stand on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. He said, South-South cooperation, in particular, has the potential to build strong ties among countries of the global south, promote mutual development and address common concerns. Harish said that with a corpus of US $ 150 million, the India-UNDP Fund has supported 82 projects in 60 countries since 2017.