The United Nations today "still reflects the realities of 1945, not of 2025", External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday (October 16, 2025), even as he asserted that for the UN to be effective, it must reform, becoming more inclusive, democratic, participative and representative of the current world.
In his address at the concluding day of the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave in New Delhi, he also said the nature of conflicts have transformed with the "rise of non-state actors" and with asymmetric warfare.
The EAM underscored the need to "recalibrate" global peacekeeping efforts in tune with evolving realities.
He also called for decisions on peacekeeping mandates to be taken in close consultation with all stak
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