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India’s campaign for permanent seat at UNSC slowing down
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- Despite repeated assertions of its right to a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, India’s campaign for expansion of the UNSC has slowed down.
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- Slow pace: The slow pace is visible in the fact that India’s campaign did not prompt the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to move towards the resolution for expanding the UNSC four years after the General Assembly in a landmark decision in 2015 had declared plans for the same.
- India’s claim for UNSC:(1) India’s claim for UNSC depended on multiple factors such as population, growing economic stature and growing global responsibilities like peacekeeping.(2) One of the key historic reasons for India’s quest for a permanent seat at the UNSC was to ensure protection of national interest in crucial diplomatic moments when the organ takes up contentious issues such as Kashmir.
- Need for more aggressive campaign: Diplomats here suggest that a more aggressive campaign within the organs of the UN is required to push for a UNGA resolution to expand the UN Security Council.
- China factor:(1) Diplomats have blamed China for having quietly carried out a campaign to stop the draft resolution from acquiring speed.(2) Veteran diplomats have said that the latest UNSC meeting on Kashmir which was convened following an initiative from China showed that India will have to work more on its strength to stop China from using the organ against India’s interest.
Source
The Hindu