UK reiterates support for India's permanent UN Security Council seat

‘We continue to support an expansion in permanent & non-permanent categories’

The UK has reiterated its support for permanent membership for India in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as part of an expansion of the international panel to ensure it can continue to rise to the pressing challenges faced by the world.

In an address to a UN General Assembly plenary in New York on Monday, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly Archie Young reflected upon Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement at the UNGA back in September calling for UNSC reforms to ensure the global multilateral system is "more representative and more responsive".

Besides India, Young stressed that the UK wants permanent representation for Africa, Brazil, Germany and Japan.