What benefits will India get if it becomes a permanent member of UN?
India has been for long craving for permanent membership at the UN. Drive for the permanent membership has received a new thrust during the present regime of Mr Narendra Modi though there is a long trail of efforts from different governments. It will have the following benefits:
- Being the 2nd most populous country it is long overdue from the world which India has been deserted from. As rightly pointed out by Mr Modi that it is a matter of right for India. A permanent seat at UN will give India a due recognition strategically and politically. India will have a greater say in various geopolitical events unfolding nowadays that are tackled keeping in mind threat posed to West and Europe only.
- Until now the US and China both have tried to not take any concrete action against the State-sponsored terrorism of Pakistan. Though the US has realigned its approach in recent times, China continues to take undue political advantage and resorts to creating hurdles in measures aimed at countering State-sponsored terrorism of Pakistan. The recent case of blocking an attempt to blacklist the terrorist, Masoor Azhar is a clear cut example of a dire need to counter China in the UN.
- Policies and measures adopted that are hostile to developed countries are often vetoed. Thus only those policies and measures materialize that have little bearing on them. Responsibility is often transferred to developing nations like India. This trait of developed countries surfaced more profoundly in recent United Nations Climate Change Conference where they tried to transfer responsibility to developing countries for the sins committed by developed countries. There is no reason to accept the fact they will refrain from doing things like this in UNSC.
- A permanent seat at UN is not only important from safeguarding our own security interests point of view Many countries tend to be cosy with a permanent member so that their voice does not go unheard in UNSC. This will encourage more strategic and economic ties with India. An example of this is that China and Pakistan have no historical ties but yet Pakistan has befriended China just to counter India in the global geopolitical sphere.
- The challenges faced by the Indian subcontinent are not duly represented in UNSC. It has become a hegemony of West and Europe. China uses it just as a tool to muster more political and strategic support and hardly works in serving the purpose of UNSC.
- It will have a huge positive impact on the issue of Kashmir. The continuous skirmish that goes on the border with China and Pakistan will see a sharp downfall.
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