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Modi makes strong pitch for UNSC reforms
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SME Times News Bureau | 26 Sep, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed for reforms in the UN Security
Council in order to maintain its relevance and credibility as an
international body and for proper representation in the core UN body so
that countries can strive to reach their goals more effectively.
In
an address on Friday at the UN Sustainable Development Summit, Modi,
speaking in Hindi, also outlined India's goals for fighting climate
change and said he hoped developed countries would make separate
provisions for fighting climate change without slotting it under the
head of development.
Making a strong pitch for reforms in the
UNSC and its expanded membership, Modi said: "Change is necessary in the
UNSC in order to maintain its relevance and credibility, as also proper
representation by countries so that we are able strive for our goals
more effectively."
Modi spoke of the need for reducing dependence
on energy so that the world can strive towards "sustainable
consumption". He suggested a global education programme to prepare
future generations to protect the environment to make it sustainable.
"I
hope that developed countries will fulfill their financial commitments
towards development and climate change without in anyway putting the two
under the same head," he said.
Modi outlined India's climate
change goals saying he represents a culture that calls the earth
"mother" and that India over the next seven years will create 175 GW of
renewable energy capacity.
"I represent that culture that calls
the earth Ma.. The Vedas says that the earth is the mother and we are
its sons," he said in Hindi at the summit.
He said that India has outlined ambitious programmes to fight climate change.
Besides
creating 175 GW renewable energy capacity, the country would also
stress on energy efficiency, tree plantation, coal tax, clean
environment, cleaning up of rivers, waste to wealth movement and
sustainable development.
He outlined the government's programmes
towards financial inclusion, saying 180 million new bank accounts had
been opened, which he termed as the biggest empowerment for the poor. He
said the government was working towards a Pension Yojana to ensure
pension reaches the poor.
Modi said earlier there was talk only
of the private sector or public sector, but his government has focused
on the "personal sector", like individual enterprise through micro
finance, innovation, start ups, creating opportunities and providing
clean water, power, health, education, hygiene for all -- all that is
needed to live a decent life.
He said the government has fixed a
time limit for the programmes, and added that women empowerment is a
major part of his government's policy through "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao"
(Save the girl child, educate the girl child), which the government has
made into a household mantra. Another was to make agriculture more
remunerative by connecting fields to markets.
Modi said his
government is taking steps to mitigate the agrarian crisis, revive the
manufacturing sector, improve the services sector, and stressing on
investments in the infrastructure sector and focusing on creating smart
cities, which are sustainable and the centres of development.
He said India's path is linked to sustainable development as it is linked to India's tradition of calling the earth Ma.
He said in the UN international cooperation should be at the centre of sustainable development and to fight climate change.
"The
principle of common but differentiated responsibilities is the bedrock
of our enterprise for a sustainable world," he stressed.
He called for international partnership to fight climate change.
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