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Bring out India’s perspectives and concerns on reform in the UN Security Council.

  • UPSC 2010
  • 20 marks
  • India and the UN System

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For India, Security Council reform is a question of legitimacy: a body whose permanent membership was fixed by the victors of 1945, when the UN had 51 members, takes decisions binding 193. Hedley Bull (The Anarchical Society, 1977) argued that great powers' special rights hold only while others accept them as legitimate; India's case is…

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  • India's perspectives
  • India's concerns
  • Tensions in India's position
  • Conclusion
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