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NEW DELHI: In remarks unlikely to go unnoticed in Beijing, PM Narendra Modi flagged the issue of Covid-19 origin, and also the World Bank ‘ease of doing business’ rankings debacle, as he denounced global governance institutions for failing to deal with international pressing issues.
While the WHO probe into the origin of Covid-19 is yet to yield any result, World Bank officials were recently accused of allegedly fudging data to boost the ranking of China and some other countries. Modi’s remarks followed Quad partner Australia PM Scott Morrison’s call on Friday for an accelerated probe into the origin of coronavirus to prevent another pandemic. China has been sensitive to such calls and has repeatedly said that the issue of Covid-19 origin should not be politicised.
“On the issue of Covid-19 origin and also ease of doing business rankings, the reliability of the institutions related to global governance, which had been built over decades of hard work, has been hit. It is important that we strengthen UN for maintaining global order, global laws and global values,” said Modi.
For the UN to remain relevant, it needs to improve its effectiveness and reliability, Modi said. “Many questions are being raised today about the UN. We have seen this in climate crisis, also during the pandemic. The ongoing proxy war in many parts of the world, terrorism and now the Afghanistan crisis have led to more questions.”
The PM went on to quote Chanakya to say that when the right thing is not done at the right time, time itself devours any chance of success in that task. While Modi didn’t name China, his UNGA address was replete with messages for Beijing as he also called for shunning the race for expansionism and exclusion in the oceans and underlined the significance of rules based order.
At the Brics summit earlier this month, Modi was reported to have called for a transparent probe into the origin of Covid-19 under WHO’s aegis. On Saturday, he ended his UNGA address by quoting Rabindranath Tagore to say if you move ahead on the right path without fear, all your fears and weaknesses disappear.
While the WHO probe into the origin of Covid-19 is yet to yield any result, World Bank officials were recently accused of allegedly fudging data to boost the ranking of China and some other countries. Modi’s remarks followed Quad partner Australia PM Scott Morrison’s call on Friday for an accelerated probe into the origin of coronavirus to prevent another pandemic. China has been sensitive to such calls and has repeatedly said that the issue of Covid-19 origin should not be politicised.
“On the issue of Covid-19 origin and also ease of doing business rankings, the reliability of the institutions related to global governance, which had been built over decades of hard work, has been hit. It is important that we strengthen UN for maintaining global order, global laws and global values,” said Modi.
For the UN to remain relevant, it needs to improve its effectiveness and reliability, Modi said. “Many questions are being raised today about the UN. We have seen this in climate crisis, also during the pandemic. The ongoing proxy war in many parts of the world, terrorism and now the Afghanistan crisis have led to more questions.”
The PM went on to quote Chanakya to say that when the right thing is not done at the right time, time itself devours any chance of success in that task. While Modi didn’t name China, his UNGA address was replete with messages for Beijing as he also called for shunning the race for expansionism and exclusion in the oceans and underlined the significance of rules based order.
At the Brics summit earlier this month, Modi was reported to have called for a transparent probe into the origin of Covid-19 under WHO’s aegis. On Saturday, he ended his UNGA address by quoting Rabindranath Tagore to say if you move ahead on the right path without fear, all your fears and weaknesses disappear.
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