NEW DELHI: Taking note of the significant challenges to the multilateral system with the UN at its core, the G4 countries – India, Japan, Brazil and Germany – stressed that a comprehensive reform of the UN security council is an essential part of any endeavour to make the UN better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus fit for the present and future.
Addressing the UNGA, French President Emmanuel Macron also strongly backed India’s candidature for permanent membership of a reformed security council, along with that of Germany, Japan, Brazil, and two African nations.”Germany, Japan, India and Brazil should be permanent members, as well as two countries that Africa would designate to represent it. New elected members should also be admitted,” Macron said.
After a meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA, the foreign ministers of the G4 countries welcomed the UN Summit of the Future earlier this week, where world leaders strongly called for urgent reform of the security council.
“In this regard, the Ministers of Germany, India and Japan also welcomed Brazil’s initiative of launching a Call to Action on Global Governance Reform in the context of the Brazilian Presidency of the G20. They stressed the importance of transforming global governance and emphasised that discussions on reform of the UN Security Council remain a top priority following the Summit of the Future,” said a joint press statement, issued on Thursday.
The G4 ministers reiterated their call for the expansion of the UN security council in both permanent and non-permanent categories of membership, which has been supported by a significant number of Member States throughout the negotiation process, to increase the council’s legitimacy and ensure its effectiveness, according to the statement.