India was elected unopposed to the non-permanent seat of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term on Wednesday. India won 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Besides India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the UNSC elections.
India’s Permanent Mission to the UN tweeted: “Member States elect India to the non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support. India gets 184 out of the 192 valid votes polled.”
Member States elect India to the non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support.
India gets 184 out of the 192 valid votes polled. pic.twitter.com/Vd43CN41cY
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) June 17, 2020
Reacting to the big development, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said, India’s win is a “testament” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “vision” and his inspiring global leadership.
“I am truly delighted that India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2021-22. We have received overwhelming support and I’m deeply humbled by the tremendous confidence which the member states of the United Nations have reposed in India,” Tirumurti said in a video message.
India will sit in the powerful UN body from January 1, 2021 along with non-permanent members Niger, Saint Vincent, Estonia, and the Grenadines, Vietnam and Tunisia. The US, Russia, United Kingdom, China and France are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
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