UNITED NATIONS: India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly.
Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections held Wednesday.
There were 192 Member States present for voting and the 2/3 required majority was 128. India garnered 184 votes. Canada lost the elections.
“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,” India’s Permanent Mission to the UN tweeted.
Deeply grateful for the overwhelming support shown by the global community for India’s membership of the @UN Securi… https://t.co/Pb6zn8nnuO
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1592452498000
India will sit in the most powerful UN organ, for two years beginning on January 1, along with the five permanent members China, France, Russia, UK and the US as well as non-permanent members Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
The two-year terms of Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa are ending this year.
Member States elect India to the non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming… https://t.co/tPP3EpUD5Z
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) 1592424552000
To be elected to the Council, candidate countries need a two-thirds majority of ballots of Member States that are present and voting in the Assembly.
India was a candidate for a non-