Home and abroad: On India’s rightful place in the world

• The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
• The purpose of the UNGA is to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations, such as development, peace and security, international law, etc.
• The 74th UNGA session was held at the United Nations headquarters at New York, the United States of America the outcomes of which along with the way forward are necessary to understand.

Positive outcomes

• Indian Prime Minister in his speech mentioned about the welfare and development schemes that he had initiated and it can be accepted that India’s achievements in housing, sanitation, health care, banking and education are significant.
• The public campaign of the Indian leadership on issues such as water conservation, environment and girls’ education has brought these issues to the centre of the development discourse and the incumbent government deserves full credit for it.

Negative outcomes

• But it is opined that the view of the Indian Government that almost all issues of a country can be insulated from having global implications undermines the
  role of international institutions like the United Nations itself.
• The human rights, democracy and liberty are as much global questions as climate change, health and terrorism is not understood by the Indian leadership.

Way forward

• It is thus suggested that it is to be understood that the best — and the only way — to keep domestic issues domestic is to resolve them through internal dialogue and accommodation.

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