New York, Feb. 28 -- India at the United Nations called for the reforms of the Security Council, stressing that the demand in this Chamber for reforms is "loud and clear." India's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Parvathaneni Harish, emphasised that the Security Council represents a different period of time and its core architecture, which has remained unchanged for 80 years, is not in synchrony with today's global realities.

Delivering India's statement at the Cluster Debate on Working Methods under the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reforms on Thursday, Harish stressed the need for more transparency in the working of the subsidiary bodies of the Council.

He said, "The previous speakers have already e...