New Delhi, Sep 25
Chile President Gabriel Boric Font has joined several world leaders, calling for India's inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Addressing the general debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the UN in New York, Font supported a reform of the United Nations, asserting that "the world has changed a lot" since 1945 when 51 countries, including Chile, took the transcendental step of creating the United Nations.
"I listened attentively this morning to the UN Secretary General, President Lula of Brazil, and President Biden of the United States explicitly expressing their agreement to reform the council according to today's times. Who or what is preventing it? Is there anyone in this assembly who opposes it?" Font questioned during his speech.
"From Chile, I propose that we set a deadline for reform and that when the UN turns 80, it does so with a Security Council in line with the course of current times, in which Brazil from Latin America, India, at least one country from Africa, among others, are part. There is nothing that prevents it, except the lack of our own will," he added.
On Sunday, following his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Quad Summit in Delaware, US President Joe Biden, while expressing his immense appreciation for India's leadership at the world stage, reaffirmed Washington's full support for India's permanent UNSC membership.