India will make the very best of its two-year time period within the UN Security Council and underscore that it establishes the proper to be a everlasting member of the 15-nation physique, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has mentioned, because the nation prepares to imagine Presidency of the Council with deal with maritime safety, counter-terrorism and peacekeeping.
“Next month, we have one of the most landmark events in our engagement in the UN. We will be president of the UN Security Council in the month of August,” Shringla mentioned.
“We will make the best of our two-year term in the Security Council. We will leave our mark in the Council and our point is to say that India really, by its contribution, establishes the right to be a permanent member of UN Security Council,” he mentioned.
Shringla arrived in New York on Wednesday and can take part in two high-level occasions within the Security Council to be held below the present French Presidency. He will even meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday and tackle the Council briefing on Libya.
India is Chair of the Libyan Sanctions Committee. Shringla’s go to comes as India prepares to imagine the Presidency of the highly effective 15-nation UN physique subsequent month.
Speaking at a welcome occasion organised for him within the metropolis by Jaipur Foot USA and Gracious Givers Foundation USA, Shringla mentioned India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti has organized new and really important initiatives within the areas of maritime safety, counter-terrorism and UN peacekeeping throughout India’s upcoming presidency.
“These are all subjects that are important to us and very unique initiatives are being organised,” throughout India’s presidency of the Council, he mentioned, including that the presidency can have “very high-level participation” from the nation.
“We are there to forge consensus, understanding. We are the bridge between countries in maintaining international peace and security. That is no small achievement if you consider the fact that we are not permanent members of the Council,” he mentioned.
Speaking in regards to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic within the nation, Shringla mentioned “we have come through a very difficult period in the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic.”“The second wave, with the Delta variant, has been devastating,” he mentioned.
Shringla famous that up until the second wave, India had been serving to international locations and distributed over 66 million doses of vaccines to nations all around the world and offered hydroxychloroquine and important pharmaceutical merchandise to take care of COVID-19 to over 150 international locations.
As India battled a devastating second wave of COVID19, many international locations felt it was time to help India in return, he mentioned and referred to President Joe Biden’s comment that India was there for the US and “we will be there for them.”
He additionally thanked the Indian-American group and diaspora for his or her efforts and assist to India in combatting the pandemic.
Shringla famous that Jaipur Foot USA Chairman Prem Bhandari despatched innumerable consignments of concentrators and cylinders to totally different components of the nation, which he mentioned made a visual influence.
While COVID instances are declining within the nation, Shringla mentioned “it does not mean that we cannot have a third wave.”
“…This is something that can affect countries anywhere in the world, and countries, however, resourced and well-equipped to deal with such crisis, have found that they’ve been wanting given the sheer scale of numbers and the magnitude and severity of the pandemic.”
Referring to India-US relations, Shringla mentioned there’s a new administration within the US however the continuity has been “smooth and seamless.”
“One of the very important reasons is again the success of the Indian-American community that has contributed to a better understanding between our two great democracies and great nations that I would say have in many senses, the values and principles to lead the world in every aspect of it.”
