New York, Dec. 16 -- India on Monday (local time) reiterated its call for comprehensive reforms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), describing them as an "urgent global imperative" to effectively address contemporary global challenges.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, during the UNSC Open Debate on "Leadership for Peace", criticised the Council's outdated structure, noting that eight-decade-old practices have increasingly become obstacles to the body's ability to maintain international peace and security.

He said the current configuration of the Security Council is largely frozen in time and no longer reflects present-day geopolitical realities.

"Structural and systemic elements in ...