L.69 Grouping

EAM S. Jaishankar has recently held talks with the L.69 grouping. The title of the meeting,‘Reinvigorating Multilateralism:A call to Action for Comprehensive Security Council Reform’ aptly captured the message of the gathering.

What is L-69 grouping?

• The L.69 Group is a group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.
• They form a major bloc that is united by the common cause of achieving the lasting and comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council.
• The group currently has 42 countries as its members.
• The UN Mission of India serves as the Secretariat for the meetings of the L.69 Group of Developing Countries.

Objective –

The Group is bound by the firm conviction that expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership of the Security Council is imperative to better reflect contemporary world realities, and achieve a more accountable, representative, transparent and more importantly a ‘relevant’ Security Council.