Modi Says UN Security Council Reform ‘Cannot Wait’

Modi's intervention matters less for any concrete mechanism than for timing: the push is being framed as urgent, yet no timetable or membership model accompanies it, leaving the substance of reform undefined. The remarks primarily affect the established permanent members, whose privileges would be at stake in any expansion, and the rival candidacies that would compete with India's. Whether the urgency translates into a formal proposal — and whether existing veto holders engage at all — is the open question.