WATCH: PM Modi pitches for UN reforms, says it should reflect contemporary realities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his virtual speech at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)session stressed strongly for India's permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council.

"As we are celebrating 75 years of the United Nations, let us pledge to reform the global multilateral system to enhance its relevance, to improve its effectiveness and make it the basis of a new type of human-centric globalisation," PM Narendra Modi said.

The prime minister asserted that only reformed multilateralism and a reformed United Nations as its centre can meet the aspirations of humanity. For more, watch the full video of PM Modi's ECOSOC virtual speech.