India has said that in the absence of long-due reform and expansion of its permanent and non-permanent members, the UN Security Council remains dysfunctional as it no longer reflects contemporary realities and confronts a crisis of legitimacy and credibility. <br/><br/>Indian Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said this during his address to the plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly. On the question of equitable representation and increase in the membership of the Security Council, he said, inability to translate discussions into a text for negotiations is the greatest example of institutional inertia resisting constructive adaptation. <br/><br/>He said, this is despite 10 years of so-called intergovernmental negotiations authorised by the General Assembly and the continuous annual consideration of the agenda item in UN since 1993.