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“India must strive to become a semi-permanent member of the UNSC, rather than a permanent member without the right to veto.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2024
  • 10 marks
  • India and the UN System

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The statement is a prudential bet from the stalled Security Council reform debate. It assumes parity with the P5 is out of reach and asks which compromise serves India better: a semi-permanent seat (a longer, renewable elected term) or permanence without the veto. The idea has a pedigree: the 2004 High-level Panel offered, as its…

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  • The case for semi-permanency
  • Why the proposition fails on inspection
  • A false binary
  • Conclusion
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