U.N SECURITY COUNCIL
After 19 years,India was elected on Tuesday 12th October,2010 to the United Nations Security Council as anon permanent member.
India secured the backing of 187 of the 191 member states in the General Assembly. One member abstained from the vote. A founding member of the U.N, India has been on he security Council six times earlier, but not since 1992. External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna, who was in Newyork for 10 days and met leaders of 56 cou tries on the margins of the General Assembly’s annual session.
In February, India’s candidature was endorsed by the Asian group, but it still had to muster the support of 128 countries,two thirds of the 192 member General Assembly.
Prof. John Kurakar
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