India’s election to UNSC

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India’s election to UNSC

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Key point - 

1. India was elected to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member from the Asia-Pacific category for a two-year term on Wednesday (June 17) night.

Highlights -

1. India was elected unopposed as one of the non-permanent member of the UNSC after winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. The minimum requirement to get elected was 128 votes.
2. India has served seven times earlier as non-permanent member of the UNSC in 1950-1951, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1984-1985, 1991-1992 and 2011-2012.
3. India was elected unopposed as it was the only candidate in the Asia-Pacific Group (APG).
4. India has returned to the UNSC after a decade starting January 2021. The last time India served at the UNSC was between 2011 and 2012.
5. India's election to the UNSC was endorsed in June 2019 by the APG after Afghanistan gave up its seat for India.
6. Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the UNSC elections held on Wednesday.
7. The UNSC has 15 members, including five permanent members - the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China.
8. The 10 other members are non-permanent and half of them are elected every year, each for a two-year term, starting January 1.

The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis - 

1. Five for African and Asian countries.
2. One for Eastern European countries.
3. Two for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
4. Two for Western European and other countries..

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