New Delhi: India on Wednesday gained a comfortable victory of 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly and was elected unopposed as a non-permanent member of the 15 members United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2021-22 term.
Owing to the victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that he is deeply grateful for the overwhelming support shown by the global community for India’s membership of the UN Security Council.
“Deeply grateful for the overwhelming support shown by the global community for India’s membership of the @UN Security Council. India will work with all member countries to promote global peace, security, resilience and equity.”
Deeply grateful for the overwhelming support shown by the global community for India's membership of the @UN Security Council. India will work with all member countries to promote global peace, security, resilience and equity.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 18, 2020
“We have received overwhelming support and we we deeply humbled by the tremendous confidence that the member states of the United Nations have reposed in India,” T S Tirumurti, the Indian permanent representative to the UN said in a video-recorded message.
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
The last time India served at the UNSC was between 2011 and 2012. The election was held at UN Headquarters in New York.
