New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar A widely discussed debate surrounding the plan’s relevance was discussed on Sunday United Nations Multilateral institutions need to reinvent themselves to adapt to changing times.
Given the nature of the forum, choose to give a commercial response EAM He quipped that the United Nations is “like an old company that hasn’t quite caught up with the market but still occupies space”.
EAM Jaishankar said that although the United Nations still exists, its inability to solve major problems has forced countries around the world to look for alternatives.
“The United Nations is not ideal, but when it fails to act on critical issues, countries will come up with their own ways of doing things,” EAM said at the Kautilya Economic Conference in the national capital on Sunday.
The minister also referred to what he said was the United Nations’ “inaction” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“During COVID-19, countries have either done their own thing or come up with initiatives like Covax, which was launched by a group of countries. When it comes to the big issues of the day, I think more and more countries are joining forces. , said, let’s agree on this and let’s do it,” he said.
“Where is the United Nations, basically a bystander?” Jaishankar said of the raging wars in Europe and the Middle East and the United Nations’ inability to stop them.
“There are more and more non-UN spaces,” he further said.
The EAM also raised the difficulty of resolving challenges in the region, particularly the reluctance of some parties to acknowledge their role in the ongoing conflict. He further noted the limits of global political capacity, noting that some pressing issues overshadowed others.
“Limited bandwidth global politicssome of which have attracted most of the attention.
On this occasion of the year israel conflict Jaishankar said, “Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the death of Israel… IMEC is not dead, but the response we expected has not materialized.”
EAM added: “Last year’s conflicts showed that the risks are much higher than we thought. The increasing number of risks, driven by the proliferation of various technologies and climate change, will only make the situation stronger, not worse. weak.
(Input from ANI)
