Elon Musk backs India for permanent UNSC seat, calls the current system "ABSURD"

NewsBharati    23-Jan-2024 17:36:01 PM
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New Delhi, Jan 23: Backing India for a permanent seat in UNSC, Tesla owner and the world's richest person Elon Musk, recently pitched for India to secure a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the United Nations' primary international affairs body.
 
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“India not having a permanent seat on the Security Council, despite being the most populous country on Earth, is absurd,” the Tesla chief said in an X post on Sunday.

"Problem is that those with excess power don’t want to give it up," he called out the five P5s.

Further, he also batted for Africa saying, "Africa collectively should also have a permanent seat imo".
 
 

Time and again, India has called out the international affairs body for the lack of progress in discussions on Security Council reform.

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The United Nations Security Council was formed after World War II and was established on January 17, 1946, primarily to maintain international peace and security.

Five permanent members - Russia, the UK, China, France, and the United States - were decided after the World War II ended. US, USSR, and UK were principal victors who shaped the global order. Roosevelt backed China's inclusion, while Churchill pushed for France as a European counterweight. These five members hold veto power over any substantial resolution.

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India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the prestigious UN body on eight occasions - 1950, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1991, 2011, and 2020.

However, India had a chance to become a permanent member of the UNSC during former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's visit to the US in 1949. The US had said it would back India's bid for a permanent seat in return for the country's cooperation against the Soviet Union. But, Nehru reportedly rejected the offer and instead, backed China's entry into the UNSC.
 
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There was a second chance, too in 1955 through the Soviet Union. Then Premier Nikolai Bulganin is said to have offered India to include it as the sixth permanent member of the UNSC. However, Nehru also rejected the offer, as mentioned in "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru".

India has pointed out bringing reforms in the UNSC, citing the current global realities and its growing geopolitical stature across the world. It successfully ran the recently held G20 Summit where it pulled off the diplomatically challenging task of reaching a consensus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.