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India
seeks reform of global security structure
Saturday February 12, 2011 11:00:22 AM,
IANS
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United Nations: India
has called for a reform of the international structure for
maintaining peace and security and peacebuilding while offering
its unmatched nation building experience for global efforts
towards greater development and improved security.
"No country has contributed as many peacekeepers to as many
peacekeeping operations as India," External Affairs Minister S.M.
Krishna said Friday speaking at the UN Security Council for the
first time since India became a non-permanent member of the top UN
decision making body.
Calling for a reform of the international structure for
maintaining peace and security and peacebuilding, Krishna said:
"Global power and the capacities to address problems are much more
dispersed than they were six decades ago. The current framework
must address these realities."
Noting that India had returned to the top UN body after 19 years
which "have been transformational for India," he said: "We believe
that an effective and efficient Security Council is in our common
interest and we will work towards strengthening it."
India, he said, understands the expectations that accompany its
Council membership and acutely conscious of the need for effective
coordination between the five permanent members and "the elected
members, especially those whose credentials for permanent
membership stand acknowledged."
"On issues concerning international peace and security, all of us
are on the same page," Krishna said expressing happiness that the
process of closer cooperation is making headway.
The minister also reaffirmed India's commitment to making its vast
experience in over six decades of nation building available to
global efforts towards greater development and improved security.
"Our peacekeepers have been early peacebuilders. We are also
committed to contribute, bilaterally and multilaterally, to
development initiatives," he said.
To this end, Krishna said India was working through the IBSA
(India, Brazil and South Africa) mechanism, with the African Union
and with regional African groupings to promote South-South
perspectives on development and security.
Recalling Mahatma Gandhi's remark that "poverty is the worst form
of violence," he noted the United Nations Charter, recognizing
that violence and the lack of development are interrelated,
commits it to promoting "social progress and better standards of
life in larger freedom."
As"unevenness of the development process and disparities
prevailing on a regional, national and global scale feed into a
vicious cycle," he said: " Our efforts should therefore focus on
promoting development for all by encouraging economic activity and
enhancing their livelihood security."
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