Overview

• The foreign ministers of India, Japan, Germany and Brazil met in New York and reaffirmed a unified push to enlarge the Security Council in both permanent and non‑permanent categories.
• They said expanding membership is essential to reform and noted that a majority of UN member states back this position.
• The ministers reiterated strong support for the Common African Position and restated mutual backing for each other's bids for permanent seats.
• They voiced concern over the lack of concrete results in the IGN, emphasized that consensus is not required under General Assembly rules, and committed to develop a consolidated model to move to text‑based negotiations during the 80th session.
• S. Jaishankar also held bilateral meetings with counterparts from Malaysia, the UK, Egypt and Australia and spoke at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on global stability, counter‑terrorism, and energy and economic security.