Blitz Bureau
The United Kingdom (UK) has reiterated its support for permanent membership for India in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
In an address to a UN General Assembly (UNGA) plenary in New York recently, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly Archie Young reflected upon Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s statement at the UNGA back in September calling for UNSC reforms to ensure the global multilateral system is “more representative and more responsive”.
Besides India, Young stressed that the UK wants permanent representation for Africa, Brazil, Germany, and Japan. “The UK believes that a reformed Council, coupled with a collective, renewed commitment to the UN Charter, would strengthen the Council, so it can continue to rise to the challenges the world is facing; that is why we remain a strong supporter of UN Security Council Reform. The Council must be expanded to better reflect the world today,” said Young.
“We continue to support an expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership to a total in the mid-twenties. We want to see permanent African representation, and permanent seats for Brazil, Germany, India and Japan,” he said
