The Foreign Secretary said that India will be the President of the United Nations Security Council in the month of August.
New York:
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that India will make the best of its two-year tenure in the UN Security Council and underlined that it establishes the right to be a permanent member of the 15-nation body. Council focusing on maritime security, counter-terrorism and peacekeeping.
Next month, we have one of the most important events in our participation in the United Nations. We will be the President of the UN Security Council in the month of August, Mr Shringla said.
“We will make the best of our two-year tenure in the Security Council. We will make our mark in the Council and we say that India, in fact, by its contribution, establishes the right to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council,” They said.
Mr Shringla arrived in New York on Wednesday and will attend two high-level events at the Security Council under the current French presidency. He will also meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today and address the Council’s briefing on Libya.
India is the chairman of the Libya Sanctions Committee. Mr Shringla’s visit comes as India prepares to assume the presidency of the 15-nation powerful UN body next month.
Speaking at a reception organized for him in the city by Jaipur Foot USA and Gracious Givers Foundation USA, Mr Shringla said that India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti arranged new and very important initiatives in the areas of maritime security, counter-terrorism is of. and UN peacekeeping during the upcoming Presidential term of India.
These are all subjects that are important to us and very unique initiatives are being taken during the presidency of the Council of India, he said, adding that the presidency will have “very high-level participation” from the country.
He said, “We are there to build consensus, understanding. We are the bridge between countries in maintaining international peace and security. This is no small achievement if you consider the fact that we are not permanent members of the Council.” “
Speaking about the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Mr Shringla said that we have gone through a very difficult phase in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second wave, with the delta version, has been disastrous, he said.
Mr Shringla mentioned that till the second wave, India was helping countries and distributed over 66 million doses of vaccine to countries across the world and Hydroxychloroquine and essential pharmaceutical products to combat COVID-19 to over 150 countries. provided.
As India grapples with the devastating second wave of COVID19, many countries felt that the time had come to assist India in return, he said and referred to President Joe Biden’s remarks that India was to the US and We will be there for them.
He thanked the Indian-American community for their efforts and India’s help in dealing with the pandemic.
Shri Shringla said that Prem Bhandari, President, Jaipur Foot USA sent innumerable consignments of concentrators and cylinders to different parts of the country, which he made a clear impression on.
While the cases of COVID-19 are declining in the country, Mr Shringla said that does not mean that we cannot have a third wave.
This is something that can affect countries anywhere in the world, and countries with the resources and well-equipped to deal with such a crisis have found that they want given the sheer scale of the numbers and the magnitude and severity of the pandemic. . .
Referring to India-US relations, Shri Shringla said that the US has a new administration but the continuity has been smooth and seamless.
One of the very important reasons is again the success of the Indian-American community which has contributed to a better understanding between our two great democracies and great nations, which I would say have the values and principles to lead the world in many ways. . aspect of it.
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