“Unko lagta hai unka haq hai...”: Jaishankar roasts UN, slams China for blocking India's entry

New Delhi, Aug 31: Coming down heavily on the United Nations and China, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday keeping India out of the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council will only call the credibility of the international organization into question.

Speaking at an event at Delhi University, Jaishankar said the UN was formed in 1940 during the Second World War and had only 50 member countries at the time. However, the number of members now has increased by 4 times with about 200 countries as members, he added.

 

"The present United Nations architecture was formed in the 1940s. There were 50 member countries of the UN back then, and now there are more than 200 countries. So there will be changes," Jaishankar said.

 

He compared the five permanent members, who are vested with the veto power, with passengers sitting on the first row of a bus and not leaving their places.

 

 

"There is not an equal representation in UNSC as there is no African country, Latin America and the world's largest country in terms of population and the fifth-largest economy cannot be kept out of this and if it is kept out, there will be questions raised on the credibility of the United Nations," Jaishankar said at the event.

"BRICS first time said that UNSC memberships should undergo a change. History is on our side, and the UN will change. Forces who are blocking it will keep trying but eventually, it will happen," he added.

He also took an indirect dig at China, saying, "Forces (China) that block will keep on trying." It is pertinent to mention that China is the only permanent UNSC member that blocks India's entry into the UNSC.