‘UNSC must be reformed and restructured’: UNGA President Csaba Korosi in Delhi

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi, who’s on a go to to Delhi, mentioned on Monday that the UN Security Council must be reformed. Korosi pressured the necessity for reform within the council’s measurement, composition, and rules.

The Hungarian diplomat who assumed his position as President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2022, arrived in India on Sunday on a three-day go to on the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

“It is quite obvious that the Security Council needs to be reformed. Its size, its composition, its methods, its regulations need to be reformed. For 13 years the negotiating process has been going on,” Korosi mentioned whereas delivering the fortieth Sapru House Lecture on ‘Solution through Solidarity, Sustainability and Science at the UN’ in New Delhi.

Korosi mentioned that the stability of energy on the planet is altering. “It is an Oslo understanding that countries and leaders of the world are demanding that the Security Council should be reformed,” he mentioned.

He mentioned extraordinary powers have been positioned on the Security Council. “What if one of the permanent members has power and is the one who is attacking its neighbour,” Korosi requested.

He mentioned that because the starting of the conflict in Ukraine, the Security Council has not been in a position to take any concrete choice.

The UNGA president mentioned UN sanctions might solely be issued and imposed by the safety council. “The more the council is divided, the more are the chances that on certain issues of sanctions or other big challenges, there will be no agreement and no decisions in the security council,” Korosi mentioned.

He mentioned that India is especially involved in counter-terrorism and he’s pleased that in the previous couple of months, there was progress within the discipline.

Korosi mentioned that he hopes India’s G20 management will assist take the world nearer to discovering some options as solely cooperation can save the world from the worst.

“G20 was created in a time of a major crisis. It was a financial meltdown and the G20 was created to launch action. It is up to the members of the G20, to run this platform to lead the world,” Korosi mentioned.

Korosi on Monday additionally lauded India’s requires peace in Ukraine and internationally.

“We are approaching the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine that caused suffering and displacement. A war that has unleashed an energy and food crisis across the globe. I commend India for your calls for peace in Ukraine and across the world,” Korosi mentioned.

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