French President Macron Backs India For Permanent UNSC Seat

Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, expressed France’s endorsement of India’s admission as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Macron’s remarks were delivered during his address to the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Macron stated, “I would say that it will be difficult to progress as long as we have a Security Council that is reciprocally blocked, according to each one’s respective interests.” I do not believe that there is a superior system.

The French President also underscored the necessity of UN reform, emphasizing that the most critical step toward increased effectiveness is to ensure that the organization is more representative. “Let us first and foremost increase the effectiveness of the United Nations by ensuring that it is more representative.” That is why France, and I will reiterate it here, is in favor of the Security Council’s expansion. “In addition to the two countries designated by Africa to represent it, Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil should be permanent members,” he proposed.

A permanent seat in the Security Council has been a long-standing goal of India in order to more effectively represent the interests of the developing world. With the assistance of the international community, the nation’s endeavor has gained momentum.

15 member states comprise the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which includes five permanent members with veto power and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms.

China, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States comprise the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations General Assembly elects the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms.

In his address to the ‘Summit of the Future’ at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also emphasized the importance of reforming global institutions and referred to them as the “key to relevance.”

He also referred to the African Union’s admission as a permanent member of the G20 as a “important step” in this direction.

PM Narendra Modi also expressed India’s readiness to share its success stories with the Global South. “Collective strength” is the foundation of humanity’s success, according to him, rather than the battlefield.

“A human-centric approach must be the primary focus of our discussions regarding the global future.” In addition to prioritizing sustainable development, it is imperative that we also guarantee the security of human welfare, food, and health. We have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of sustainable development by emancipating 250 million individuals from poverty in India. We are prepared to share our success stories with the Global South. The success of humanity is contingent upon our collective strength, not on the battlefield, according to Prime Minister Modi.