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Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday (10 October 2025) raised questions on the working methods of the United Nations. He said that everything is not well in the United Nations. The External Affairs Minister emphasized that a sitting member of the United Nations Security Council has given protection to a terrorist organization. He stressed the need for accountability and reform in global institutions.
Foreign Minister raised questions on the functioning of UN
The External Affairs Minister also criticized those who compare the victims and perpetrators of terrorism in the name of global strategy. He made this comment pointing towards the tendency to weigh India and Pakistan on the same scale, especially in the context of the recent terrorist attack. He said in an event organized on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the United Nations that everything is not well in the UN because the debates in the UN are now very divided and its functioning clearly seems to be at a standstill.
Jaishankar took Pakistan to task
“Any meaningful reform is being blocked through its own process,” he said. Maintaining the United Nations and seeking its reconstruction is clearly a major challenge before the world. Few examples illustrate the challenges facing the United Nations more than its response to terrorism. When a sitting member of the Security Council openly defends the same organization that has claimed responsibility for a barbaric terrorist attack like Pahalgam, what effect does this have on the credibility of multilateralism?
“Putting victims and perpetrators of terrorism in the same category makes the world more condemnable,” he said. When those who call themselves terrorists are protected from sanctions, questions arise about the honesty of those involved. Pakistan is currently a member of the United Nations Security Council. In July he was the president of this top global organization. The Council has 15 members, of which the five permanent members are China, France, Russian Federation, Britain and America.
TRF had taken responsibility for Pahalgam terrorist attack.
Ten temporary member states are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for a two-year term. The presidency of the United Nations Security Council is held by each member by rotation for one month. The Resistance Front (TRF), affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group, had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terrorist attack. The role of TRF in the Pahalgam attack was mentioned in the UNSC report in July.
According to officials, Pakistan had tried to remove the mention of TRF from the UN Security Council press statement condemning the Pahalgam attack. S Jaishankar said that the United Nations has failed to resolve the burning issues. He said, “If maintaining international peace and security has become a mere lip service, then the situation of development and socio-economic progress is even more serious.”
‘Must support UN in times of crisis’
He said, “The slow progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda 2030 is an important yardstick to measure the crisis in the Global South. Apart from this, there are many other parameters, be it trade measures, supply chain dependence or political dominance. “Yet we cannot lose hope on such a remarkable anniversary.”
“No matter how difficult the challenges, the commitment to multilateralism must remain strong. No matter its flaws, the United Nations must be supported in this time of crisis,” he said. The SDGs are a set of goals set to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
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