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PM Modi suggests more reforms at UN, seeks greater role for India
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SME Times News Bureau | 28 Sep, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his case for giving nations
contributing troops to UN peacekeeping operations more say in
decision-making at his meeting with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Saturday as he pitched for more reforms in the working of the 193-nation
world body to make it more effective. India currently contributes over
8000 personnel to UN peacekeeping operations in conflict spots around
the world.
Ban told him he admired his focus on improving the welfare of all Indians.
Syed
Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs, said
Modi told Ban that "those countries that are contributing troops to
United Nations should have an effective say in decision making and
mandates because they put their troops' life at stake when they fulfill
mandates of the UN."
"The secretary-general thanked India for its
significant contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations,"
the secretary-general's spokesperson said. India contributes 8,104
personnel to UN peacekeeping operations around the world, officials
said.
"The secretary-general also expressed his admiration for
the prime minister's focus on improving the socio-economic well-being of
all Indian people."
Another issue raised by Modi during the
meeting was reforming the UN. Akbaruddin said Modi told Ban that he
"should take the lead in trying to reform various aspects of the
working of the UN" and India was ready to work with him.
Answering
a reporter's question, Akbaruddin said that while UN reform issues like
expansion of the Security Council, which India is strongly pursuing,
were in the domain of the entire membership of the UN, Modi had in mind
those specific reforms in the working of the world body that the
secretary-general himself could undertake.
Modi and Ban also
discussed regional issues with the prime minister outlining his
initiatives for working with South Asian neighbours and how he intended
to take them forward, Akbaruddin said.
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