Munich [Germany], February 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met with G7 Foreign Ministers and their international counterparts on the Munich Security Conference 2026, reiterating India’s help for the UN80 agenda and underscoring New Delhi’s function in safeguarding international safety.
The UN@80 agenda focuses on reworking the organisation to be extra ‘agile, built-in, and outfitted’ for contemporary challenges. Key pillars embody structural/monetary overhauls, strengthening multilateralism, advancing the SDGs, and addressing AI governance and local weather change.
The initiative emphasises ‘Better Together’ to boost effectivity, with 90+ actions specializing in mandate implementation and program realignment.
In a submit on X, Jaishankar stated, ‘Pleased to interact with G7 Foreign Ministers as we speak at @MunSecConf. Reiterated India’s help of the UN@80 agenda, significantly significant reform of the UN Security Council.’
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He added, ‘Emphasised our function in safeguarding sea traces of communication, serving as a primary responder, strengthening port safety, and contributing to resilient submarine cable infrastructure.’
He additionally emphasised India’s function in safeguarding the ocean traces of communication, performing as a primary responder in crises, strengthening port safety, and contributing to resilient submarine cable infrastructure.
‘Our dialog introduced out the numerous convergences and shared pursuits between India and the G7’, he stated additional.
Jaishankar started his Munich Security Conference 2026 engagements with a roundtable hosted by the Ananta Aspen Centre titled ‘Delhi Decides: Mapping India’s Policy Calculus’.
In an X submit, Jaishankar stated, ‘Started my @MunSecConf 2026 engagements with @AnantaAspen’s Roundtable ‘Delhi Decides: Mapping India’s Policy Calculus.’ Highlighted the significance of a nimble and dynamic international coverage to satisfy the calls for of multipolarity.Noted the importance of the India-EU FTA and the India-US commerce deal in that regard.’
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He highlighted the significance of a nimble, dynamic international coverage to handle the calls for of an more and more multipolar world, noting the importance of the proposed India-EU Free Trade Agreement and the India-US commerce deal.
On the sidelines of the convention, Jaishankar met with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Nol Barrot, describing his interplay with the latter as a ‘nice catch-up’ firstly of the convention.
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According to the MSC official web site, the 62nd Munich Security Conference shall be held from February 13 to fifteen, 2026, on the Hotel Bayerischer Hof and the Rosewood Munich. Led by MSC Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger, the convention brings collectively a whole bunch of decision-makers and opinion leaders from all over the world to deliberate on urgent safety challenges.
Nearly 50 Heads of State and Government have confirmed participation at MSC 2026, together with leaders from most European nations and a big delegation from the German Federal Government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
According to the MSC web site, discussions this yr are going down towards the backdrop of mounting instability, questions over longstanding alliances, and an erosion of the rules-based worldwide order. Key subjects embody European safety and defence, the way forward for the transatlantic relationship, revitalisation of multilateralism, competing visions of worldwide order, regional conflicts, and the safety implications of technological advances.
The convention continues to function underneath the ‘Munich Rule,’ which inspires constructive engagement and dialogue on international safety points.
According to the UN official web site, in March 2025, the Secretary-General launched the UN80 Initiative to remodel how the UN works – figuring out efficiencies, reviewing how mandates are applied, and analyzing potential structural modifications and programme realignment inside the United Nations system.
The UN80 initiative is the United Nations’ formidable, system-wide reform effort, launched by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in March 2025 because the UN marked its eightieth anniversary.
UN80 builds on earlier reforms, together with the UN improvement system repositioning, peace and safety reform, administration reform, and UN 2.0, however takes them additional. It goals to make the United Nations extra responsive and resilient; higher outfitted to serve the individuals whose lives rely on it; extra accountable to taxpayers who underwrite its work; and extra supportive of employees of their important roles.
It’s about doing extra, extra successfully, and with fewer bureaucratic burdens, guaranteeing the UN system is healthier aligned to satisfy rising international wants with unity, agility, and objective.
UN80 is a system-wide initiative. While the UN Secretariat represents roughly one quarter of whole UN system assets, nearly all of supply is dealt with by funds, programmes, and specialised businesses. The initiative due to this fact proposes modifications that have an effect on your entire UN system, from mandate creation to supply and evaluation. (ANI)