Emphasising the ardent need for reforms in the UN Security Council, India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said that India is an essential country in the international system and has a legitimate right to a seat in the permanent category in the UNSC.
The resolution received support from twelve states during the session held on Wednesday, while the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from the vote.
India's permanent member at the United Nations, Ruchira Kamoj emphasised that the majority of Global South supports the idea of expansion in both categories of its membership.
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The United Kingdom has reiterated its support for the creation of new permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for India and also called for the expansion of the council in both permanent and non-permanent categories.
He reiterated India's demand for an immediate end to all hostilities in Ukraine and a return to dialogue and diplomacy and quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement to Russia's President Vladimir Putin that "this cannot be an era of war".
The resolution would have extended the mechanism for six months, but the US, UK and France opposed the extension, saying it would not allow enough time to plan operations.
The vote was 11 in favor, one against, and three abstentions. India abstained from voting saying that the path of the "diplomacy was given up".
The two-day Summit inaugurated today is being hosted by Cambodia in a virtual format and is themed on “Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth.”
