The UN General Assembly is involved only with pious expressions rather than leadership and concrete action, India has said, calling for reinvigorating the world body.<br/><br/>Without effective reform, the UNGA will remain, at best, a marginal player in solving the great problems of our times, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Tanmaya Lal said at an ad-hoc working group revitalisation of the General Assembly in Geneva.<br/><br/>Lal said the General Assembly is the closest thing to a global parliament that mankind has been able to achieve so far but the role and authority of the Assembly are being progressively undermined by the expansive role and activism of the Security Council, much beyond what is laid down in the UN Charter. Lal noted that this is not a healthy development for the continued success and relevance of the highest form of multilateralism that the UN represents.<br/><br/>Emphasising that faith in the UN cannot be restored until it is reformed to reflect contemporary realities, Lal said the 193-member General Assembly, as the chief deliberative and policy-making body, occupies a pre-eminent place in this process. Lal further said the processes of balloting for elections conducted in the General Assembly may be a useful place to begin to address issues relating to its working methods. Lal underscored that collectively it is time for the UN members to consider fine-tuning the system of balloting in the General Assembly in accordance with the needs of the current times.