Elon Musk, a tech billionaire, has demanded a reform of the UN and has deemed it "absurd" that the world's most populous nation, India, does not have a permanent place on the UN Security Council.
Following UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's comments expressing worry about the lack of one African nation on the UNSC permanent membership list, the CEO of Tesla made the comments.
How is it that the African continent does not have a single permanent representative on the UN Security Council? Institutions shouldn't be stuck in the past, but rather in the present. Guterres said on X, which is owned by Musk, that September's Summit of the Future will provide a chance to re-establish trust and think about global governance reforms.
Israeli venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, who was born in the United States, brought up the subject of India's representation in response to Guterres' article. The existing UN structure does not effectively represent the world's most populous states, according to Musk, who recently jumped into the discussion.
The United Nations agencies will require a shakeup eventually. The problem is that powerful people are reluctant to cede their positions. As the most populous nation in the world, India's lack of a permanent seat on the Security Council is completely ridiculous.
People who have too much power are unwilling to give it up, and that is the root of the problem. A permanent position on the Security Council for India, the most populous country in the world, is ludicrous," Musk, 52, responded on X.
For a long time now, India has been pushing for changes to the UN Security Council, arguing that the current structure does not reflect the geopolitical realities of the modern day and that India justifiably deserves to be a permanent member of the UN high table.
Beijing, Paris, Moscow, London, and Washington, DC are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council at the present time. No resolution can be vetoed by any member other than a permanent one.
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