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India has been at the forefront of efforts at the UN for urgent reform of the Security Council and has been insisting that it deserves a place at the UN high table as a permanent member. India argues that the 15-nation Council, established in 1945, is not fit for purpose in the 21st century and does not reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
French President Emmanuel Macron has backed India’s bid for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council, as well as advocating expansion of the powerful UN body. “We have a Security Council that is stagnant. Let’s make the UN more efficient. We have to make it more representative,” Macron said at the UN General Assembly in New York. “Therefore, France is in favour of expanding the Security Council,” he said. Germany, Japan, India and Brazil should be permanent members, along with two countries that Africa decides to represent itself.
India has been at the forefront of efforts at the UN for urgent reform of the Security Council and has been insisting that it deserves a place at the UN high table as a permanent member. India argues that the 15-nation Council, established in 1945, is not fit for purpose in the 21st century and does not reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
There are currently 5 permanent members.
The UNSC currently consists of five permanent members and 10 non-permanent member countries, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for a two-year term. The five permanent members are Russia, Britain, China, France and the United States and these countries can veto any concrete proposal.
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