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UNSC expansion process cannot go on infinitely: India

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A results-based timeline is crucial to achieve a concrete outcome

India has made a strong call to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), stressing that the process to expand the powerful body cannot go on infinitely and a results-based timeline is crucial to achieve a concrete outcome. India's view was presented by its Ambassador to the UN Asoke Kumar Mukerji. Of the nearly 90 countries that had spoken at a previous General Assembly session on UNSC reforms, 58 nations had asked for expansion in permanent and non-permanent categories of membership.

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First Published: Nov 22 2013 | 12:27 PM IST

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