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India gets highest number of votes for UNSC seats in 5 years
Betwa Sharma
United Nations, Oct 13 (PTI) With 187 votes in its
bag, India has received the highest number of votes for
getting into the United Nations Security Council in the past
five years, according to an Indian diplomat.
Hardeep Singh Puri, India's envoy to the UN, described
this as a "ringing endorsement."
"This is the highest vote that any country has got in
the last five years," he told PTI. "Now that's saying a lot."
Out of the 190 countries that voted, India received
187 votes.
After the vote in the General Assembly last morning,
the diplomats of the Indian mission to the UN celebrated by
opening a couple of bottles of champagne and serving a lunch
of spicy Chinese food.
India, which is a founding member of the UN is
returning to the Security Council after a gap of 19 years.
It has been on the Council six times before-—having
last served in 1992.
Other countries to be elected are South Africa,
Colombia, Germany and Portugal.
Canada, which was also contending, received the least
number of votes and eventually withdrew after the second round
of voting.
The five new countries will be replacing Austria,
Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda.
Three of the new members are part of the G4 (India,
Brazil, Japan and Germany), which want to become permanent
members.
After the vote, India made it clear that it would be
pushing for change in the next two years as it serves out its
term as a non-permanent member.
"Not only are we entering the council but we're
entering the council when inter-governmental text based
negotiations are underway and those text based negotiations
are expected to progress for a final outcome in the next
twelve months," Puri said.
The Indian envoy asserted that countries like Brazil
and South Africa "are expected to utilise their tenure as
non-permanent members in order to facilitate longer-term
permanent membership for themselves while their serving this
terms."
While India, South Africa and Colombia were not
challenged by any other country from their region, the two
seats of the Western European and Others Group were contested
between Portugal, Germany and Canada. (MORE) PTI
United Nations, Oct 13 (PTI) With 187 votes in its
bag, India has received the highest number of votes for
getting into the United Nations Security Council in the past
five years, according to an Indian diplomat.
Hardeep Singh Puri, India's envoy to the UN, described
this as a "ringing endorsement."
"This is the highest vote that any country has got in
the last five years," he told PTI. "Now that's saying a lot."
Out of the 190 countries that voted, India received
187 votes.
After the vote in the General Assembly last morning,
the diplomats of the Indian mission to the UN celebrated by
opening a couple of bottles of champagne and serving a lunch
of spicy Chinese food.
India, which is a founding member of the UN is
returning to the Security Council after a gap of 19 years.
It has been on the Council six times before-—having
last served in 1992.
Other countries to be elected are South Africa,
Colombia, Germany and Portugal.
Canada, which was also contending, received the least
number of votes and eventually withdrew after the second round
of voting.
The five new countries will be replacing Austria,
Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda.
Three of the new members are part of the G4 (India,
Brazil, Japan and Germany), which want to become permanent
members.
After the vote, India made it clear that it would be
pushing for change in the next two years as it serves out its
term as a non-permanent member.
"Not only are we entering the council but we're
entering the council when inter-governmental text based
negotiations are underway and those text based negotiations
are expected to progress for a final outcome in the next
twelve months," Puri said.
The Indian envoy asserted that countries like Brazil
and South Africa "are expected to utilise their tenure as
non-permanent members in order to facilitate longer-term
permanent membership for themselves while their serving this
terms."
While India, South Africa and Colombia were not
challenged by any other country from their region, the two
seats of the Western European and Others Group were contested
between Portugal, Germany and Canada. (MORE) PTI
