Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International relations
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India’s Permanent Representative to the UN said that It has been nearly 13 years since the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) started.
The UN Security Council is finding itself unable to act effectively to address issues of international peace and security as it lacked inclusivity.
Important value additions
The Intergovernmental Negotiations framework (IGN) is a group of nation-states working within the United Nations to further reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), 15-member top organ of the world body.
Composition: The IGN is composed of several different international organizations, namely: (1) The African Union; (2) The G4 nations (India, Brazil, Japan and Germany); (3) The Uniting for Consensus Group (UfC); (4) The L.69 Group of Developing Countries; (5) The Arab League; (6) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Each group represents a different set of positions vis-a-vis reforming the United Nations Security Council.
In 2016, an “oral decision” was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly which approved of a declaration known as the “elements of convergence” which outlined the status of the consensus reached by the members of the IGN at that time.
