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INDIA has urged for the revitalisation of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and comprehensive reform of the global governance architecture. Pratik Mathur, Minister at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, emphasised the pressing necessity for UN reform, which encompasses changes to the Security Council, during a meeting on the “working methods of the General Assembly.”
Mathur stressed that these reforms are crucial “to make it reflective of current geopolitical realities and enhance its capability to meet increasingly complex challenges of our time.” He argued that the Assembly serves as the closest approximation to a legislative. “It is the closest thing to a global parliament. The success of multilateralism depends on the success and effectiveness of the General Assembly to address the growing number of challenges facing the world which cut across national boundaries and regions,” he said.
He asserted that any adjustments to its working methods should prioritise strengthening its role as the primary deliberative, policy-making, and representative body of the United Nations. Mathur made a compelling case regarding the significance of the annual general debate, where heads of state and government from most of the 193 member states participate in September.
“India has always been of the view that the General Assembly can be revitalised only when its position as the primary deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations is respected in letter and in spirit,” Mathur said.
