India gets non-permanent seat in United Nations Security Council

18 Jun 2020

India gets non-permanent seat in United Nations Security Council

India gets non-permanent seat in United Nations Security CouncilOn Wednesday, India was elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

It won 184 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly (UNGA) held online. India's two-year term will begin from 1 January 2021.

Other newly-elected non-permanent members include Ireland, Mexico and Norway.

At the same UNGA session, Turkish diplomat and politician Volkan Bozkir was also elected as President of the 75th session of the UNGA.

What is the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?

The UNSC is one of the six main organs of the UN. Its main role is the maintenance of international peace and security.

Its powers include establishing peacekeeping operations, imposing international sanctions on countries that have violated peace terms, and authorizing military action.

The UNSC consists of 15 members. Of these, five are permanent - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The remaining ten are elected for 2-year terms. Each year the UNGA elects five non-permanent members for a two-year term.

The 10 non-permanent seats are distributed according to 5 regional divisions - five for African and Asian countries; one for the Eastern European countries; two for the Latin American and Caribbean countries; and two for Western European and other countries.

To be elected to the UNSC, candidate countries need a two-thirds majority of votes of UN member states that are present and voting in the UNGA.

Previously, India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Council for the years 1950-1951, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1984-1985, 1991-1992 and most recently in 2011-2012.

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