India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, whereas addressing the UN, mentioned India doesn’t should be informed what to do on democracy.
United Nations,UPDATED: Dec 2, 2022 11:52 IST
Ruchira Kamboj, India’s first girl Permanent Representative to the UN, will sit within the President’s seat on the horse-shoe desk.
By Press Trust of India: India doesn’t should be informed what to do on democracy, the nation’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, who assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of December, mentioned right here on Thursday.
India on Thursday assumed the Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council for the month of December, throughout which it is going to host signature occasions on countering terrorism and reformed multilateralism. The Presidency will carry the curtains down on India’s two-year tenure as elected non-permanent member of the highly effective UN organ.
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Kamboj, India’s first girl Permanent Representative to the UN, will sit within the President’s seat on the horse-shoe desk. On the primary day of India’s presidency, she addressed reporters within the UN headquarters on the month-to-month programme of labor.
Responding to a query on democracy and freedom of press in India, she mentioned “to that I would like to say that, we don’t need to be told what to do on democracy.
“India is probably probably the most historic civilization on this planet as all of you understand. In India, democracy had roots going again to 2500 years, we had been all the time a democracy. Coming all the way down to very current instances, now we have all of the pillars of democracy which can be intact – legislature, government, judiciary and the fourth property, the press. And a really vibrant social media. So the nation is the world’s largest democracy.
“Every five years we conduct the world’s largest democratic exercise. Everyone is free to say as they wish and please and that is how our country functions. It’s rapidly reforming, transforming and changing. And the trajectory has been very impressive. And I don’t have to say this, you don’t have to listen to me. Others are saying this,” Kamboj mentioned.
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Dec 2, 2022