G4 countries highlight ‘urgent need’ for reform in UN Security Council

Last Updated25/09/2022

Reform of the UN has been a central theme of the External Affairs Minister's visit to the UN this week.
He recently met with his counterparts from Germany, Brazil and Japan under the G4 banner following the BRICS meeting.

Primarily focused on UNSC reform, and permanent membership for G4 members.
UN decision making bodies needed to be urgently reformed as global issues were increasingly complex and interconnected.
The U.S. supports expansion of the body provided it "does not alter or expand the veto".
It also expressed concern that the 76th Session of the UNGA did not make “meaningful progress” in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN), which was constrained by a lack of transparency.