India questions UNSG candidate Bachelet on UNSC reforms, Global South goals

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22: India raised issues of UN Security Council reform and Global South development goals as it questioned former Chilean president and UN Secretary General candidate Michelle Bachelet on her plans to address them if elected to lead the global organisation. Bachelet, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is one of the four candidates currently in the fray to be the next Secretary General of the United Nations. The current UN chief, Antonio Guterres, completes his tenure on December 31, after having served two consecutive five-year terms as the world’s top diplomat. During a three-hour…