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‘Can’t be my way or highway’: India slams UFC model on UNSC reforms

‘Can’t be my way or highway’: India slams UFC model on UNSC reforms

United Nations, March 20, India on Tuesday slammed the Uniting for Consensus (UFC) model on UNSC reforms, citing that it won't empower Africa or Global South nations or change permanent seat membership. The UFC, which comprises 12 countries and two observers, including a P5 nation, stands against the idea advocated by a majority of the UN member states -- which is an expansion in the permanent and non-permanent categories of an expanded Security Council. Some of the countries in the group -- nicknamed the Coffee Club -- include Mexico, Pakistan, Canada, Turkey and China as one of its Observer members.…
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