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G4 seeks equal responsibilities, duties for new UNSC permanent members

Offering a "realistic" way forward on UN Security Council reforms, the G4 nations of India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have proposed that new permanent members in an expanded Council would not exercise veto pending decision during a review period. "The world has waited far too long for real reform of the UNSC, and we witness the consequences thereof," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said, as he delivered a statement on behalf of the G4 nations Tuesday on the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) meeting on Security Council reforms. He highlighted that the discussion is a good platform for a comprehensive stock-taking of the IGN process, including an objective assessment of progress achieved, if any, and charting a realistic way forward to implement meaningful reforms of the UN Security Council. Reiterating the G4's flexibility with regard to the Question of Veto, he said the grouping "emphasizes that there cannot be a sub-category within the

EAM S Jaishankar meets foreign ministers of G4 nations in New York

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his counterparts from the G4 countries, reaffirming the grouping's commitment to urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations. The G4 nations comprise Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. Jaishankar, who is in the US on an official visit, on Monday met his Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa, the Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock and Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. "Glad to join the traditional #G4 Foreign Ministers Meeting along with colleagues @ABaerbock, @Kamikawa_Yoko and Mauro Vieira in New York today. G4 reaffirmed its commitment for an urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through Text Based Negotiations," Jaishankar said in a post on X. The G4 nations support each other's bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. India has been at the forefront of years-long

Security Council reform is stalled: India delivers G4 statement at UN

"The longer the Security Council reform is stalled, the greater its deficit in representation. And representation is an inescapable precondition for its legitimacy and effectiveness," she added.

G4 nations demand comprehensive reform of UN Security Council

It said more than 70 years after founding of UN, Security Council has to adapt in order to cope with ever growing global challenges

G4 nations call for reflecting convergences on UN reforms

G-4 had called for a consolidated and shortened negotiating text reflecting the convergences and delineated divergent positions that had emerged so far