Improved UN will be epicentre of human centric globalisation: PM
Calling for a “reformed United Nations” and an improved UN for “human-centric globalisation”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India was in the world body at “an important time” and seeks to get integrated with global economy with its own vision for “self-reliance” and resilience.
Addressing the United Nations, Modi said Covid-19 tested resolve of all nations and India made the fight against the coronavirus pandemic as people’s movement where Government went hand-in-hand with the civil society.
The Prime Minister was virtually delivering his address before the UN at the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), his first since India was overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council, last month.
Modi said as always during the natural or other calamities, India helped 150 nations with “speed” and created SAARC help fund to battle out Covid-19 in the South Asia region and around. As in India, he said Government reached home of poor and invested three billion dollar to “bring economy back” on the track.
“Be it earthquakes, cyclones, Ebola crisis or any other natural or man-made crisis, India has responded with speed and solidarity. In our joint fight against Covid, we have extended medical and other assistance to over 150 countries.” He said India was the first to respond to the Covid-19 crisis and its grassroots health system helped it the “best recovery rate” adding “other developing countries can learn from India”.
The PM said as the UN was born amidst Second World War, “the fury of pandemic should lead to a second birth of the UN. He said India has been elected to UN in “important time” and provide full support to the world body to bring equity in the world.
Modi, however, reminded that India has a vision of “self-reliance” and “resilience” with which it seeks to be integrated in global economy.
Addressing the UNSC on its 75th anniversary, Prime Minister said India believed in multilateralism but it is through a “reformed multilateralism” that UN would be able to meet the aspirations of the world and that an “improved” UN should be the epicentre of “human centric globalisation”.
He said India is very much mindful of its responsibility toward making a better world and referred to India’s 38 million tonne reduction of carbon emission, electricity in villages and deliverance of clean fuel to 18 million people. He said India also aims to have 450 GB renewal energy by 2030.
“With our deep commitment to maintaining global harmony, to improving socio-economic equity, and to preserving nature’s balance, India will play its role in full support of the UN agenda”, said the Prime Minister.