India has strongly advocated for accelerating United Nations Security Council reforms during the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) meeting at the UN. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, stressed that negotiations must move to a text-based format with clearly defined milestones and timelines. He criticised the IGN Elements Paper for failing to accurately reflect the broad support among member states for expanding the permanent category of the Security Council, including greater representation for Africa. India also reiterated that the UN Charter clearly distinguishes between permanent and non-permanent members, leaving no ambiguity regarding permanent membership. New Delhi called for objective negotiations and reaffirmed its commitment to achieving meaningful reforms of the Security Council.
