UNSC without India affects United Nations' credibility: EAM Jaishankar

India on Tuesday asserted it has a "good case" to become a permanent member of UN Security Council and a UNSC without it affects United Nation's credibility. Amid India's consistent growth as a potent power on global st, point was made by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar before an influential Washington audience after a major foreign policy speech at top US think tank, Centre for Strategic and International Studies. 

‘Third largest ecomy should be included in decision-making’ 

"If you have... a United Nations where most populous country in world -- may be in 15 years -- with third-largest ecomy is t in decision making of United Nations, I grant you, it affects country concerned. But I would also suggest it affects United Nations' credibility," said Jaishankar in response to a question after his speech. "Obviously, we are biased. We believe we have a good case," he asserted. 

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‘Reasonable proposition’ 

"It's t just Security Council. Look, say how peacekeeping operations (are being undertaken) around, who actually kind of decide. re are or angles. I mean, you could argue, who gives budget and refore that should be a factor. That's a reasonable proposition," he said. "This is one of key challenges facing world today, which is all that we took as given over last 70 years. I'm t suggesting y're going to disappear, or y'll become irrelevant, but surely things are happening beyond m. And that is creating a new kind of international relations. It's something which we all need to get real about," Jaishankar asserted. 

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‘Look back into past’ 

ting that one doesn't have to look too far into future, he said one actually needs to look back into past. "Just look back at last five years, 10 years, 15 years. What we have seen is that many institutions have come under stress because y've lost legitimacy, vitality, (and) efficiency," he said. "If significant countries don't get substantial interests sorted out, y start looking elsewhere. If you look at trade, fact is that you have a proliferation of free trade agreements today and that is because re is feeling that global trading arrangement was t going to happen," he said. 

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"We see that often in security situations (also) where, if you look at -- maybe last decade or two -- in Middle East, you actually have coalitions of countries, partly because y are only countries who have an interest or in some cases y couldn't convince or countries or in some cases y went to United Nations (but) didn't get way and so decided y'd do something else," he said. This is reality, he said. "I accept, I mean, it would t be my case that I would abandon an institution and say an ad hoc solution is preferable to an institution. "Everybody's first choice would be a rmative choice. But what you have is reality of countries, which look beyond or look around," said Jaishankar. 

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