UNITED NATIONS: While opposing a discriminatory, two-tier permanent membership level in the Security Council, India has agreed to a G4 proposal that would defer veto powers for 15 years in a reformed body.
"Expanding the permanent category with veto is critical to real reform of the Security Council", India's Permanent Representative P. Harish said on Tuesday.
“A new category under the framework of UNSC (Security Council) reform with or without veto would complicate an already existing discussion that involves wide-ranging views", he said at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) for Council reforms.
But he also said that India was in agreement with the position of the G4 put forward on its behalf by Brazil’s Deputy Permanent Representative Norberto Moretti for a 15-year delay before new permanent members added to the Council in a reform use their veto.
India is a member, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, of the group known as G4 that jointly advocates for Council reform and mutually support each other for permanent seats on a reformed Council.