UNSC reforms no longer an option, but a necessity: PM Modi at IBSA meet

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, during the IBSA Leaders' meeting, connected  the sidelines of the G20 Summit, successful  Johannesburg, South Africa. (@MEAIndia/X via PTI Photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, during the IBSA Leaders' meeting, connected the sidelines of the G20 Summit, successful Johannesburg, South Africa. (@MEAIndia/X via PTI Photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (November 23, 2025) said the betterment of the UN Security Council was nary longer an option, but a necessity and asserted that the India-Brazil-South Africa troika should nonstop a wide connection for changes to institutions of planetary governance.

Addressing the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) leaders summit, Mr. Modi said astatine a clip erstwhile the satellite appears fragmented and divided, IBSA tin supply a connection of unity, cooperation, and humanity.

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He besides projected institutionalising the IBSA NSA-level gathering to fortify information practice among the 3 countries.

“In the combat against terrorism, we indispensable determination guardant successful adjacent coordination. There is nary spot for immoderate treble standards connected specified a superior issue,” Mr. Modi said astatine the gathering attended by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Highlighting technology's important relation successful ensuring human-centric development, the Prime Minister besides projected establishing an 'IBSA Digital Innovation Alliance' to facilitate the sharing of Digital Public Infrastructure similar UPI, wellness platforms similar CoWIN, cybersecurity frameworks and women-led tech initiatives among the 3 countries.

Appreciating the IBSA Fund's enactment successful supporting projects crossed 40 countries successful sectors similar education, health, women empowerment and star energy, helium projected the IBSA Fund for Climate Resilient Agriculture to further beforehand South-South cooperation.

Mr. Modi called the IBSA gathering arsenic timely arsenic it coincided with the archetypal G20 Summit connected African ungraded and marked the culmination of 4 consecutive G20 presidencies by Global South countries, retired of which the past 3 were by the IBSA members.

This has resulted successful respective important initiatives focused connected human-centric development, multilateral betterment and sustainable growth, helium said.

The Prime Minister said IBSA was not conscionable a radical of 3 countries but an important level connecting 3 continents, 3 large antiauthoritarian nations, and 3 large economies.

Mr. Modi besides invited IBSA leaders to the AI Impact Summit to beryllium held successful India adjacent year, adjacent arsenic helium emphasised the grouping's imaginable to lend to the improvement of safe, trustworthy and human-centric AI norms.

The Prime Minister said IBSA tin complement each other's improvement and go an illustration for sustainable growth.

He highlighted practice opportunities successful areas specified arsenic millets, earthy farming, catastrophe resilience, greenish energy, accepted medicines and wellness security.

Published - November 23, 2025 03:57 p.m. IST

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