UN chief to stress multipolarity, UNSC reforms at BRICS Summit in India
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to address the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, emphasizing the need for multilateral institutional reform. He will advocate for a more multipolar global system that better reflects 21st-century geopolitical realities.
Why it matters
The call for UN Security Council reform is a critical geopolitical issue, particularly for nations like India seeking a permanent seat on the council.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will underscore the importance of multipolarity and the need to reform multilateral institutions, including the Security Council, to reflect contemporary realities when he addresses the BRICS Summit in India later this week.
Mr. Guterres will travel to New Delhi on Thursday (September 10, 2026) to attend the 18th BRICS Summit, to be held on September 12-13 in New Delhi.
He has been invited to address the Open Session on September 13 on the theme, ‘Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability: Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth’.
"In his remarks, the Secretary-General is expected to note that today's economic, demographic, and geopolitical realities are not those of 1945, and that countries represented at the summit speak for that changing reality,” the UN chief's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters at the daily press briefing at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday (September 9, 2026).
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