New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called for urgent and decisive reform of the United Nations, warning that the institution risks "irrelevance" and "eroding legitimacy" if it fails to adapt to 21st-century realities.

Addressing the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries Chiefs' Conclave, UNTCC in New Delhi he said that the UN still reflects "the realities of 1945, not of 2025," despite the massive geopolitical changes and in global membership having quadrupled over the last 80 years.

"For the UN to be effective, it must reform, becoming more inclusive, democratic, participative, and representative of today's world," Jaishankar asserted. He added that reform must amplify the voices of the devel...