America is consulting other countries for the expansion of the Security Council: Joe Biden – Dainik Savera Times

United Nations: US President Joe Biden has said he is consulting with several countries to break the impasse on reforming the UN Security Council and adding more permanent members. ‘We need to break the impasse that often impedes progress and prevents consensus on the Council,’ he said, addressing world leaders at the high-level annual session of the General Assembly on Tuesday. “We need to listen to more members of the council and their perspectives.”

He said, ‘America has conducted serious consultations with many member countries. “We will continue to do our part to advance greater reform efforts, build common ground, and make progress in the year ahead.” At last year’s meeting he had announced support for increasing the number of permanent and temporary members in the Council. The US has said it will support India, Germany and Japan becoming permanent members along with representation from Africa and the Latin America-Caribbean region.

Addressing the General Assembly before Joe Biden, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also called for reform of the Council. The heads of state of the other four permanent members of the Security Council are not attending the meeting. Joe Biden cited the Quad and the India-to-Europe Economic Corridor as examples of the global cooperation he is pursuing. He said, ‘In every region of the world, America is building strong alliances, multifaceted partnerships, common purpose, collective action to bring new approaches to our shared challenges.’

Joe Biden said, ‘In the Indo-Pacific region, we have expanded our Quad partnership with India, Japan and Australia to provide concrete progress for the people of the region on everything from vaccines to maritime security.’ He said, ‘The unprecedented effort we announced at the G20 to connect India with Europe through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel will promote opportunities and investment in the two continents. Will give.

Turning to China, he assured that US efforts to build international cooperation are not directed against Beijing, which is skeptical of cooperation with other countries. He said, ‘Let me be clear: none of these partnerships is about controlling any country. They are about a positive vision for our shared future. He said that while offering to work with China ‘on issues where progress depends on our common efforts’, the US wants to ‘responsibly manage competition between countries so as not to lead to conflict’.

He declared, ‘We are in favor of reducing risks, not breaking relations with China.’ But he warned, ‘We will deter aggression and intimidation and defend established rules, from freedom of navigation to overflight to a level playing field that have helped safeguard security and prosperity for decades.’ Joe Biden assured Ukraine of unrelenting support to fight Russian aggression. He said that ‘Russia believes that the world will tire and allow it to brutalize Ukraine without facing consequences. The answer to this is no. We must stand against this naked aggression today to stop the future aggressors.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that many seats in the General Assembly hall could become vacant if Russia’s aggression is not stopped. He said, ‘The goal of the current war against Ukraine is to destroy our land, our people, our lives, our resources. To turn into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order. He cautioned countries against making deals with Russia, citing the fate of Yevgeny Prigogyan, a Putin ally and head of the private militia Wagner Group, who died in a mysterious plane crash. Zelensky said, ‘I am aware of his efforts to make some shady deals behind the scenes. Evil cannot be trusted. Ask Prigoryan if anyone bets on Putin’s promises.’