UNITED NATIONS: India has strongly criticized the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform for following an “exclusionary approach”, saying it cannot “sanctify as normal” their “opaque methodologies” and “obfuscation of references” in moving the long-stalled reform process forward.
The co-chairs of the IGN process circulated a revised paper on May 7, 2019 that aimed to reflect the nature of the discussions held among UN Member States in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly session.
However, member states, specifically the G4 grouping of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan expressed “deep disappointment and dismay with the fact that the paper was circulated just before the IGN’s last meeting and the negotiations process appears to be headed for a roll-over to the next UNGA session that starts in September without making much headway this year.
“We often hear that the IGN is a member-driven process. Yet, in this paper, what was not requested has been undertaken and what has been requested has been left out,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said.
He was speaking at the informal meeting of the Plenary on the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. (AGENCIES)
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