India on Friday told the United Nations General Assembly that the Security Council’s 1960s “marginal reform” was insufficient and that meaningful change requires adding permanent members. Speaking during discussion of the Security Council Annual Report, India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish said the limited expansion four decades ago “has not changed the fundamental mode of functioning of the Security Council in any impactful manner,” and warned that the Council’s current makeup reflects the realities of 1945 and hobbles its effectiveness today.
Harish reiterated that “expansion of both permanent and non-permanent categories is central to implementing real and meaningful reform,” arguing that altering only non-permanent seats cannot make the body fit to meet contemporary and future challenges. He noted the 1965 reform increased non-permanent members from 11 to 15 but left the permanent membership-and the veto-based power structure created by the five World War II victors-unchanged.
India’s intervention framed Security Council reform as essential to restoring the UN’s highest decision-making body to a “fit-for-purpose” institution able to tackle modern security, political and humanitarian crises. By pressing for additions to the permanent category, New Delhi signalled its support for structural changes that go beyond incremental adjustments to non-permanent representation.
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Publish Date: 2026-06-07 15:49:00
