Narendra Modi says global system needs "New World Order" for collective well-being

Speaking at the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi argued for a restructured international system intended to benefit people everywhere, saying cooperation must hold up in emergencies and that the Global South needs a stronger voice. He traced his push to the COVID-19 period, when, according to him, many countries that had supported globalization put their own interests first and trust in international cooperation fell. Modi recalled presenting his proposal at the 2020 G20 and said multilateral bodies need reform, warning against a world governed by raw power. He cited India’s pandemic shipments of vaccines and medicines to more than 100 countries and its G20 and BRICS leadership as evidence of India acting as a connector among nations, tying India’s development and economic rise to greater global stability.