DELAY IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORMS; 'YET ANOTHER WASTED OPPORTUNITY": INDIA

“There has been no breakthrough whatsoever that may be described as progress’

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Terming the UN General Assembly’s decision to roll over the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Security Council reform to its next session as “yet another wasted opportunity,” India said that the state of affairs is clearly in the interest of those who seek a status quo to keep this process frozen in repetitive cycles. India’s permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly said that the rollover decision of the intergovernmental negotiations simply cannot be reduced to a mindless technical exercise. The UN General Assembly adopted a draft oral decision to continue the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly that will commence in September. The rollover decision marked the end of the IGN for the current 77th session. “We have been consistent in our position that the rollo