G4 nations voice concern over lack of concrete result on UNSC reforms

India and other members of the G4 countries, including Brazil, Germany and Japan, have voiced concern over the lack of any concrete result on UN Security Council reform, saying the current inter-governmental negotiation process on the matter does not have the necessary openness and is constrained by flawed working methods.

The Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of Brazil Ernesto Arajo, Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas and Foreign Minister of Japan Motegi Toshimitsu -- met on the margins of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

According to a joint press statement issued after the meeting, the G4 Ministers reviewed the recent efforts undertaken in the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on the United Nations Security Council. "They expressed their concern with the fact that, although the African Common position is better reflected, more than 10 years after the beginning of the IGN, no concrete result has been achieved."