Prime Minister Narendra Modi has articulated India’s position in the global world brilliantly at 69th UN General Assembly on Saturday.
In his maiden speech Narendra Modi said India was ready to engage in serious bilateral talks with Pakistan “without the shadow of terrorism.”
“It is up to Pakistan to create the right atmosphere and come forward for bilateral talks,” Modi said, adding United Nations would was not the “way to make progress towards resolving issues between our two countries.”
In his over half-an hour speech in hindi, the Prime Minister terrorism is a global threat and its need to be fought joint hand.
“Terrorism is taking a new shape and new name. No country, big or small, in the north or the south, east or west, is free from its threat.”
“All countries should put aside our differences and mount a concerted effort to combat terrorism. I urge you to adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism,” he said.
He started his speech describing India’s five-hundred old tradition.
“Every nation has their own philosophy. I am not talking about ideology. This philosophy guides the nation. India’s is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” Modi said.
Pitching for G-All, Modi said, “Why is it that despite having a wonderful platform like the UN, we have had to have various G platforms? The names of groupings keep changing – G-5, G-7, G-20 and so on…but what we need is a G-All the most. We need to think how to create a G-all atmosphere when the UN is about to celebrate its 70 years.”
“Let us fulfil promise to reform the UN security council by 2015,” Modi said.
He referred to the Asia-Pacific region and said that it was “still concerned about maritime security that is fundamental to its future.” While “extremism and fault lines” were growing in West Asia, Modi said, “our own region continues to face the destabilising threat of terrorism”.
Modi iterated reform in UN assembly by satying, “We will turn 70 next year. We have to ask ourselves – do we wait till we turn 80? No. The next year can be an opportunity.”
Describing the current era as “a time of great flux and change”, Modi pitched for lifestyle change and yoga help encountering climate change.
“Let us think about an International Yoga Day,” Modi said adding, “When we talk of holistic health care or going back to back to basics, I want to particularly mention Yoga.”
“It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change,” he added.
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