UN lacks credibility and, to large degree, effectiveness: Jaishankar
United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the world body lacks credibility and, to a large degree, effectiveness.
Without naming India, Jaishankar lamented that the fifth largest economy of the world is not in the United Nations Security Council.
Jaishankar made the remarks while participating in a discussion at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.
On India being described as a reformist rather than as a revisionist power, he said, «It's very clear today that we are serious about climate action. If you are looking to sustain, you
know, to ensure that sustainable development goals are well-resourced, then somewhere we have to find the financial muscle for that.
Now, for us too, it is the international financial
institutions, the World Bank and the Fund which will be at the core of that effort.»
«So, a lot of what we are seeking to do is to improve and I would say refresh institutions, make them more fit for purpose. And that even applies to the United Nations.
We do believe today that a United Nations where the most populous country is not in the Security Council, when the fifth largest economy is not there, when a continent of 50 plus countries is not there, that United Nations obviously lacks credibility and to a large degree effectiveness as well. So when we approach the world, it's not with the sort of pull down the pillars kind of approach.
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