Permanent Membership
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France assures support for India's permanent UNSC bid as PM Modi holds talks with Emmanuel Macron
World | Feb 12, 2025, 06:32 PM ISTBoth PM Modi and Emmanuel Macron stressed an urgent need for reform in the United Nations Security Council. Macron reiterated France's support for India's permanent membership at UNSC.
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'Relic of the past': Bhutan, Portugal support India's permanent membership of UN Security Council
World | Sep 28, 2024, 01:30 PM ISTBhutan PM Tshering Tobgay referred to the UN Security Council as a "relic of the past" that did not represent the current geopolitical landscape. India's long-time efforts for a permanent seat in the Council has received backing from the US, France and Britain as well.
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'India has become a model for countries': Jaishankar on 'inevitable' permanent UNSC membership
World | Apr 02, 2024, 06:14 PM ISTJaishankar underscored that much work was needed to push for India's permanent membership in the UN Security Council amid concerns that the UN had weakened. He also highlighted India's economic resilience and democratic achievements despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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India presents elaborate G4 model for UNSC reform, vouches for more permanent members
World | Mar 08, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTIndia's reform model proposes that the Security Council’s membership increase from the current 15 to 25-26, by adding six permanent and four or five non-permanent members. It stopped short of specifying which member states would occupy the new UNSC permanent seats.
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India not having permanent seat on UN Security Council is 'absurd': Elon Musk
World | Jan 23, 2024, 10:30 AM ISTUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sparked the debate by questioning why there was not a single permanent member in the 15-member council from Africa. India has long been seeking a permanent membership at the UNSC, strongly calling for reform of the United Nations.
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Russia reiterates support for India's permanent membership in UN Security Council
World | Dec 27, 2023, 09:04 PM ISTIndia has long been seeking a permanent membership at the UNSC, strongly calling for reform of the United Nations in line with the changing realities of the world. The five permanent members are the UK, China, Russia, the US and France.
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'Few nations set agenda, this can't go on...': Jaishankar as India seeks permanent membership in UN
World | Sep 26, 2023, 09:36 PM ISTWhile addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Jaishankar, who started his speech by saying, "Namaste from Bharat", asserted only a few nations set agenda for the whole but said, "This can't go on indefinitely nor will it go unchallenged".
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Dominica supports India's bid for permanent UNSC membership, calls Delhi 'important global player'
World | Sep 24, 2023, 11:03 AM ISTHenderson thanked India for providing support in human resource development, education and technical assistance to Dominica and lauded India's successful G20 presidency.
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PM Modi welcomes African Union as permanent member of G20: What is it? How many countries are in AU?
Explainers | Sep 09, 2023, 01:20 PM ISTPM Modi offered Comoros President and AU chairperson Azali Assoumani to take his seat as a permanent member during the G20 Summit on Saturday.
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Resolution in US Congress to support India’s permanent membership to UNSC
World | Sep 27, 2017, 02:06 PM ISTTwo influential Democratic lawmakers, including an Indian-American, on Tuesday introduced a legislation in the US House of Representative to support India’s permanent membership to the UN Security Council
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UN reforms should include expansion of permanent or non-permanent members: India
World | Sep 19, 2017, 10:45 AM ISTTrump, once a harsh critic of the UN, called for reforms in the body — a view India has been expressing for a long time
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Germany Supports India's Bid For Permanent Membership Of UNSC
World | Sep 13, 2011, 05:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 13: Pitching for reforms of the UN Security Council to ensure it reflects geo-political realities, Germay on Tuesday said it was committed to supporting India's bid for a permanent membership in the