Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the owner of Twitter, emphasized the need for changes in UN entities and called it "absurd" that India is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the owner of Twitter, emphasized the need for changes in UN entities and called it “absurd” that India is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Musk went on to say that changes to United Nations bodies would eventually be necessary.
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 It is ridiculous that India, the most populous nation on the planet, does not have a permanent place in the Security Council. Additionally, Africa should be granted a permanent seat at the IMO as a group.
At some point, there needs to be a revision of the UN bodies.
Problem is that those with excess power don’t want to give it up.
India not having a permanent seat on the Security Council, despite being the most populous country on Earth, is absurd.
Need for change in UN Security Council
Elon Musk brought attention to the issue of UN body amendments on Sunday, stating that nations possessing greater authority are unwilling to exit the organization and that Africa as a whole need to be granted permanent membership in the UN. The UN organizations will eventually need to be amended.
The issue is that individuals with excess authority are reluctant to cede it. It is ridiculous that, despite having the largest population on the planet, India does not have a permanent place on the Security Council. Africa should be granted a permanent seat as a group.
India has been a temporary member of the UN Security Council eight times.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also made a heartfelt plea for the organization to take stock of the state of the globe today. “How can we allow Africa to remain without a single permanent Security Council member? Institutions ought to represent the modern world, not the one from eight decades ago. The Future Summit in September Worldwide Governance Rebuilding trust and considering reforms are the opportunities that this presents, according to a post by Guterres on January 21.India has served eight times (16 years) as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.Â
The nation is a part of the G4, a coalition of nations that assist one another in obtaining permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council. These nations are in favor of UNSC reforms. Prior to now, there was. expanding support on a worldwide scale for India’s permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC). S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, emphasized this point by saying that sometimes opportunities come with a price—someone needs to take them..
on the eve of 75th Republic Day President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday extended her greetings to the citizens in her address to the nation:
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“With each year that goes by, there is a growing sense globally that India ought to be there, and I sense that support,” stated the Minister of External Affairs. Things are not always freely given by the world; sometimes you have to take them. S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, voiced concern in September 2023 that the UN’s unwillingness to change its organizational structure would render it “anachronistic” and cause people to look for answers elsewhere.Â
The world was very different from what it is today when the United Nations was founded, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The United Nations had fifty-one founding members at the time. Approximately 200 nations are members of the United Nations today. In spite of this, the enduring participants of