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India warns Security Council inaction undermining public faith in UN
India says Security Council's failure to reform and resolve conflicts is eroding global confidence in the UN.
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IANS - Wed, 15, Jul 2026
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India warns UN credibility is weakening as Security Council reform remains stalled. / File Photo
India has warned that public confidence in the United Nations is eroding as it fails to reform the Security Council and make it capable of ending conflicts and human suffering.
"Public perception about the UN has changed adversely in the recent past primarily due to the Security Council's inability to meaningfully intervene in raging conflicts across different parts of the globe," India's Permanent Representative P. Harish said on Tuesday.
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"The Security Council has been ineffective in putting an end to human suffering among the affected populations," he said, adding that this calls into question its ability to uphold its foundational principle of maintaining international peace and security.
He was speaking at a ministerial roundtable on "Making Multilateralism Fit for the Future," one of the goals of the Pact for the Future adopted at the 2024 Summit of the Future.
The 80-year-old UN architecture, created after World War II, is inadequate to address contemporary global challenges, but "as a collective, the UN has not been able to move the needle on reforming the Security Council," Harish said.
The Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform "have been limited to an endless cycle of prepared statements," he said.
As a result, the Pact's Action Points 39 to 42 — which call for ending violence, racism and xenophobia, promoting gender equality, and strengthening the Security Council's peacekeeping strategies — "have largely remained on paper," he said.
"This is untenable and must change," Harish said.
He noted that "India had significant reservations with regard to these action points."
"However," he added, "it was India's constructive spirit that encouraged us to go along broadly with the Pact."
Besides reforming the Security Council, "the revitalization of the General Assembly, and a stronger role for ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) in advancing sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — are essential," he said.
On fostering economic development in the Global South, Harish said, "Our commitment is unwavering to leave no one behind, to mobilize resources where they matter most, and to lead by example."
Turning to international financial institutions, he said they "too must evolve" and "become more representative, responsive and development-oriented, while preserving their mandates."
"Adequate, affordable and predictable financing remains indispensable for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals," he said.
"India carries this paradigm forward, grounded in our civilizational ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, or 'the whole world is one family'," Harish said.
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