New York, July 15 -- India on Tuesday (local time) reiterated its call for comprehensive reforms of the United Nations (UN), stressing the urgent need to reform the UN Security Council (UNSC), revitalise the General Assembly and strengthen the role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to make multilateralism "fit for the future".

Addressing the Ministerial Roundtable on 'Making Multilateralism Fit for the Future' during the informal meeting of the UN General Assembly on taking stock of the Pact for the Future, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, said, "For India, making multilateralism fit for the future begins with ensuring that global institutions reflect contemporary realities. This under...