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dated September 17, 1955: PM on UN Charter

Prime Minister Nehru said in the Lok Sabha on September 16 that India was not in favour of opening the question of revision of the UN Charter at present. While logically the retention of the veto might not be a very right course, practically it represented a certain situation in the world at the time the Charter was framed. Therefore, it was a realistic approach to the problem. He did not think that taking any kind of academic approach would really help matters. The Government of India were interested in the admission of not only those countries about which the Bandung Conference had passed a resolution, but of all countries which fulfilled the conditions of the Charter.

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