“Global South and its demand for ‘reformed multilateralism’ in a multipolar word”, First Post, September 4, 2023:
“The existing multilateral system was created after the Second World War. More than 750 million people living under colonial rule in countries could not participate in this process when the UN Charter was adopted in June 1945.
It was only following the independence of India in August 1947 that the entry of newly independent former colonial countries, referred to as the Global South, into the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) occurred.
The agenda of the Global South in multilateral institutions prioritizes the consolidation of their sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the creation of a supportive external environment for their accelerated socio-economic development. The Global South’s demand for “reformed multilateralism” seeks to correct institutional biases built into multilateral decision-making structures by the major powers of 1945, while ensuring an interlinked, effective, and “human-centric” functioning of the multilateral system…..”
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