India, Brazil, South Africa call for comprehensive reform of UN Security Council
International
- India, Brazil and South Africa emphasized the need for the international community to redouble efforts to achieve tangible progress for accelerated and comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council.
- External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers.
- issued a Joint Statement on reform of UNSC and expressed collective frustration with the slow progress of reforms in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations.
- The Ministers also exchanged views on furthering IBSA cooperation.
- They exchanged views on various issues of global significance including peace, security, countering terrorism, climate change, and sustainable development.
- Further, the Ministers shared their experience on COVID-19 pandemic situation and appreciated the work done by the IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger.
Source: AIR
Related General Knowledge
IBSA
- IBSA is a Forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three large democracies and major economies from three different continents, facing similar challenges.
- All three partners are developing, pluralistic, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious nations.
United Nations Security Council
- The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
- Headquarters: New York, United States
- Founded: 24 October 1945
- Parent organization: United Nations