{"id":569,"date":"2025-09-28T23:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2025-09-28T23:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:32:30","slug":"un-in-crisis-must-overcome-cynicism-blocking-unsc-reform-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;UN in crisis\u2019 must overcome \u2018cynicism\u2019 blocking UNSC reform: Jaishankar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"291\" data-id=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FM-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FM-2.png 449w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FM-2-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>United Nations, \u201cThe UN is in a state of crisis\u201d, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar declared, emphasising the dire need for reforming the Security Council, a process that is held hostage by a cynical minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCentral to the erosion of UN\u2019s credibility has been resistance to reform\u201d, he told the General Assembly on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost members strongly desire change, but the process is being made an obstacle to the outcome\u201d, he said. \u201cIt is imperative that we see through this cynicism and purposefully address the reform agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Progress for reform is blocked by a group of 13 countries known as Uniting for Consensus (UfC), which is led by Italy and includes Pakistan and Canada, that has prevented the adoption of the negotiating text creating a stalemate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Council is reformed, Jaishankar said, \u201cIndia stands ready to assume greater responsibilities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council reforms and getting a permanent seat are a prime diplomatic goal of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permanent and non-permanent seats on the Council must be expanded, and it must be truly representative, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe historical injustice done to Africa should be redressed&#8221;, he said reflecting the widespread demands by countries on the continent and others heard this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most of the peacekeeping operations mandated by the Council are located in Africa, it does not have a permanent seat under a system established 80 years ago, when most of the 193 members were under colonial rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are certainly challenging times for the international community\u201d, he said. \u201cMany of our assumptions and expectations no longer hold\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enumerating the problems the world body faces, he said, \u201cWhen peace is under threat from conflicts, when development is derailed by lack of resources, when human rights are violated by terrorism, the UN remains gridlocked\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs its ability to forge common ground diminishes, belief in multilateralism also recedes\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInternational cooperation must prevail because islands of prosperity cannot flourish in an ocean of turbulence\u201d, Jaishankar said. \u201cA world order requires common purpose, as it does empathy for others. 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