India was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday. In an unprecedented election, India, the endorsed candidate from the Asia-Pacific States, won 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast in the elections for the five non-permanent seats of the Security Council, the world organisation’s most powerful organ.
This is the 8th time when India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC.
The term is set to begin on January 1, 2021, when India, Norway, Ireland and Mexico will sit in the most powerful UN organ along with five permanent members, China, France, Russia, the UK and the US as well as non-permanent members Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
India will be guided by the five priorities under the overarching theme of NORMS: New Orientation for a Reformed Multilateral System.
These priorities, launched by Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, includes new opportunities for progress, effective response to international terrorism, reforming multilateral systems, comprehensive approach to international peace and security, and technology with a human touch.
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