India, Nov. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday joined the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Leaders' Meeting in Johannesburg, where he said reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) was no longer an option but a necessity.

Hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the meeting was attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Modi described the gathering as timely, noting that it coincided with the first G20 Summit hosted on African soil and followed four consecutive G20 presidencies by Global South countries, including three IBSA members.

Modi said the grouping represents three continents, three major democracies and three major economies, and has played a central role in advancing human-centric developmen...