Terrorism, Global Double Standards To Ukraine War: Jaishankar To Present India’s Position At UNGA

Last Updated:September 26, 2025, 13:48 IST

Ahead of his address to the UNGA on September 27, Jaishankar underlined India’s stance during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting by raising some crucial issues

EAM S Jaishankar will address the UNGA on September 27. (File)

What message will India deliver to the world at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)? External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has already given a clear signal.

Ahead of his address to the UNGA on September 27, Jaishankar underlined India’s stance during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting by raising some crucial issues.

On the world’s biggest multilateral platform, Jaishankar will call for strict global action against terrorism. India has always opposed double standards on terrorism at the UN, but this will be India’s first message at the UNGA after Operation Sindoor, so global attention will be closely on India’s response. The signal of this stance was already evident in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

Jaishankar said at the G20 meeting: “A persistent threat to development is that perennial disruptor of peace – terrorism. It is imperative that the world display neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities. Given the extensive networking amongst terrorists, those who act against them on any front actually render a larger service to the international community as a whole.”

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza have had a serious impact on food, energy, and fertilizer security worldwide. India has not been spared either. At the same time, global double standards—particularly questions raised over India’s oil purchases from Russia — have come into focus. Jaishankar highlighted this at the G20 meeting, and is expected to raise it again at the UNGA.

He stated in the same meeting: “The costs – especially to the Global South – in terms of energy, food and fertilizer security were starkly demonstrated by ongoing conflicts, particularly in Ukraine and Gaza. Apart from jeopardizing supplies and logistics, access and costs themselves became pressure points on nations. Double standards are clearly in evidence.”

India has long supported reform and expansion of the UN Security Council. Jaishankar, along with the other G4 members — Brazil, South Africa, and Japan — reaffirmed this commitment in a recent meeting.

From the UN platform, India will voice its views on pressing global challenges, with a special focus on those that have directly impacted India.

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