New York, June 16 -- India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, on Monday (local time) called for text-based negotiations on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reforms and criticised the co-chairs' Elements Paper for not accurately reflecting the strong support among member states for expanding the Council's permanent membership.

Speaking at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) framework on Security Council reforms, Harish said the IGN process should follow the same approach as other UN negotiations and be conducted on the basis of a written text.

"The IGN cannot be fundamentally different from other UN processes, wherein negotiations are held based on a text," he said.

Harish also...