Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Sridhar Vembu Urges India to Consider Leaving UN
Sridhar Vembu said India should consider leaving the United Nations.
He also said India could stop sending troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Vembu believes new international groups should replace institutions he considers ineffective.
He described BRICS as a possible beginning for those new groups.
His comments followed a BRICS meeting held in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the United Nations Security Council needs urgent reform.
A United Nations spokesperson agreed that its current structure does not reflect the modern world.
The two views differ over whether international institutions should be replaced or reformed.
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu said India should seriously evaluate leaving the United Nations and withdrawing its peacekeeping troops.
Vembu called for new international institutions, citing BRICS as a possible starting point to replace failing existing institutions.
He described the Delhi BRICS Summit as significant because leaders gathered in India amid what he called an overextended hegemon.
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, with representatives from the expanded 11-member grouping.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Nations officials instead called for reforms to make the Security Council and financial institutions more representative.
- Who
- Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu made the proposal; Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric argued for institutional reform.
- What
- Vembu urged India to consider leaving the United Nations and withdrawing from United Nations peacekeeping missions, while also proposing new international institutions.
- When
- Vembu's comments were published after the BRICS Summit held on September 12 and 13, 2026; Modi's reform remarks came during the summit.
- Where
- The BRICS Summit took place in New Delhi, India.
- Why
- Vembu said existing international institutions are failing, while Modi and Dujarric said global institutions must better reflect current realities.
Exit and Replace Institutions
Reform and Strengthen Institutions
India's United Nations role
Exit and Replace Institutions
Sridhar Vembu said India should keep the option of leaving the United Nations and withdrawing all its troops from United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Reform and Strengthen Institutions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for reform of the United Nations Security Council rather than withdrawal, while Stéphane Dujarric backed the need for reform.
Future of global institutions
Exit and Replace Institutions
Vembu argued that new international institutions should replace what he described as a failing current system, with BRICS as a possible starting point.
Reform and Strengthen Institutions
Modi and Dujarric argued that existing international and financial institutions should be updated so they reflect present-day economic and geopolitical realities.
- Speaker
- Sridhar Vembu, founder of Zoho
- Proposal
- India should seriously evaluate exiting the United Nations
- Peacekeeping
- Vembu called for withdrawing India's troops from United Nations peacekeeping missions
- Alternative institutions
- Vembu proposed building new institutions, identifying BRICS as a good start
- Summit
- The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, 2026
- BRICS membership
- The summit involved the expanded 11-member BRICS grouping
- United Nations reform
- Modi called for a defined timeline and concrete outcomes for United Nations Security Council reform