Those who oppose UN reforms don't really care, says S. Jaishankar
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar calls for text-based negotiations to advance long-stalled United Nations reforms.
Telangana Today
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- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has publicly called for text-based negotiations to advance long-stalled United Nations reforms, arguing that international frustration is growing over the failure to enact change at the world body.
- Text-based negotiations are a procedural step — moving reform talks from vague statements to an actual negotiating document — and India has long pushed for this as part of its campaign for a permanent UN Security Council seat.
- The coverage from Indian outlets is broadly supportive of the call, with one report striking a more critical note by emphasizing that reform efforts have repeatedly failed despite years of rhetoric.
- Who is affected: essentially all UN member states, but especially aspiring permanent members like India and the broad bloc of countries that feel underrepresented in Security Council decision-making.
- What is contested is whether calling for a negotiating text changes anything, given that resistance from existing permanent members has blocked reform for decades.
- Watch next: whether any negotiating text actually materializes, whether other reform-backing countries or blocs endorse Jaishankar's call, and whether India links the push to upcoming UN General Assembly sessions.
What to watch next
- Whether other UNGA member states or blocs endorse text-based negotiations
- Any formal negotiating text tabled at the UN
- Reaction from existing permanent Security Council members
- India's continued advocacy at upcoming UN sessions
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- Telangana Today[1]Jaishankar calls for text-based negotiations on UN reforms
- The Hindu BusinessLine[2]Those who oppose UN reforms, don't really care about it and are only using it: EAM Jaishankar
- Deccan Chronicle[3]Frustrations Mount Over Lack Of UN Reforms: Jaishankar
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S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister
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“The frustrations are mounting because at the end of the day, if we are serious about reform, we need some text-based negotiation because you can’t have a negotiation without a text. Then it’s not a negotiation. Then it’s just gaining time”
In the article
…care” about it. Jaishankar said that while UN reform has been a regular theme every year as nations gather in New York for the annual General Assembly sessions, he felt the sentiment for change was growing stronger. “ The frustrations are mounting because at the end of the day, if we are serious about reform, we need some text-based negotiation because you can’t have a negotiation without a text. Then it’s not a negotiation. Then it’s just gaining time ,” he said. He underlined that the “sentiment for reform” had deepened. Jaishankar was addressing a ministerial session titled ‘Ruptures & Ramparts: Building Bridges for a Changing World’, organised on the sidelines of…
“I would suggest to you that those who oppose the reform are people who don’t really care for the UN”
In the article
…contemporary world. “That is actually the nub of the view that the UN should change. The UN is seen as behind the curve. That’s not being anti-UN. It’s actually those who care for the UN would like to reform the UN. I would suggest to you that those who oppose the reform are people who don’t really care for the UN ,” he said. “They are using the UN, but they don’t care for the UN…that’s today a feeling which is very much stronger,” Jaishankar added. Participating in the session, moderated by ORF President Samir Saran, were…
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- UN reform process / India's UNSC bidrenewed diplomatic momentumweeks
- India diplomatic standingsoft power boostlonger
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NamedIndia · United States · Jamaica · Suriname · Ghana · United Nations · Antonio Guterres · Celeste Connors · East-West Center · Kamina Johnson Smith · Melvin Bouva · Observer Research Foundation · Permanent Mission of India to the UN · Reliance Foundation · Samir Saran · Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
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