UN needs more inclusive security council: Satyarthi bats for permanent seat for India

Nagpur: Without naming India, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi batted for a permanent seat for the country in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) saying the global body needs to be more inclusive.
Speaking at the inaugural session of Civil 20 (C20) at Nagpur on Monday, Satyarthi said the UN’s power is eroding with respect to implementing some of its own goals.
Satyarthi said, “We need a more inclusive and more dynamic UN. That means a more inclusive security council. Presently, those who are fighting and those who are creating problems have the veto power.”
Addressing a gathering of delegates from 26 countries, Satyarthi said, “My question is whether the UN is able to maintain and promote the core philosophy of global multilateralism and a sense of mutual responsibility, accountability, political justice and protection?”
He added, “This power (of the UN) is eroding. Look at the situation in Afghanistan where young girls are being deprived of education. Taliban regime has shut the doors of schools and colleges for girls and nobody could do anything. Look at the Ukraine-Russia situation and there are many other examples.”
While talking about the need for UN to be more inclusive, Satyarthi said, “Being inclusive makes us dynamic whereas exclusivity makes us static.”
He said even G20 needs to think about being inclusive. “There is only one African country in the G20. European Union (having 27 member states) is a G20 member but African Union (consisting of 55 member states) is an observer. In India it is in our DNA to be inclusive, so let India now become the voice of the global south.”
The 2014 Nobel Peace prize awardee said rich nations also need to ensure equitable distribution of funds, which are pooled for global causes. “The rich countries of the world have created a fund with $11 trillion called Global Agenda of Action for Covid-19. It was not for vaccines or healthcare but for revival of economies of countries, including low income nations,” said Satyarthi.
It was expected that anywhere between $1 to $3 trillion from the fund would go to African or Latin American countries. “But only 0.13% of this fund has been allocated for the marginalized people of the low income countries. When we talk about making the world one family, this is the challenge...and this kind of economic and political injustice in the global society needs to be addressed,” said Satyarthi.