Countries who feel neighbours may have chance to become UNSC member oppose its expansion: India
“The Security Council structure, as it stands today, is a reflection of 1945. It does not reflect today's realities,” India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said
“India is “unsatisfied” with the pace of progress on Security Council reform,” the country’s envoy at the United Nations (UN) said, noting that there are countries who prefer the status quo and those that oppose expansion in the permanent category “at all costs” as they feel their neighbours may have a chance to become a member.

“The Security Council structure, as it stands today, is a reflection of 1945. It does not reflect today's realities,” India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said during a conversation here on Tuesday (November 19, 2024.)