Mr Kataria stressed that when the UNSC does decide to increase the mandate of the SPMs, there should be well established mechanisms in place to ensure its accountability.
India has called for more consultations between the UN Security Council and member states on special political missions to ensure transparency in the policy formulation of these missions and to minimise the disconnect between their mandates and political reality.
"We would urge for more consultations by the UN Security Council on issues related to Special Political Missions. There should be free flow of communication between the Security Council, General Assembly and the Secretariat regarding the SPMs," visiting lawmaker Rattan Lal Kataria said at a debate on the Special Political Missions at the UN yesterday.
He said such communications should not be routine in nature, but should involve the member states in a substantial manner.
"We have noticed that the policy formulation for SPMs is a rather opaque process which lacks transparency," he said.
"We would expect more consultation with member states for policy formulation related to SPMs so that chances of disconnect of the mandate of SPMs with the political reality is minimized," he added.
According to the report of the Secretary General, there are 38 Special Political Missions operational as on September 30, 2015.
He cited the example of the appointment of experts of the Al-Qaida Sanctions Monitoring Team, in which while five expert's positions seem to be reserved for the permanent members, there are three experts from the general membership.
Mr Kataria stressed that when the UNSC does decide to increase the mandate of the SPMs, there should be well established mechanisms in place to ensure its accountability.
"We are in favour of allowing the political processes to be given its due place and not substitute it with peacekeeping operations which would be ill equipped to handle such a situation," he said.