55 Asia-Pacific countries support India’s bid for non-permanent seat at UNSC

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New Delhi: In a huge diplomatic win for India, 55 Asia-Pacific countries, including Pakistan, have unanimously supported India’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term.

Meanwhile, India’s permanent representative at the UN Syed Akbaruddin thanked the countries for their massive support.

“A unanimous step. Asia-Pacific Group @UN unanimously endorses India’s candidature for a non-permanent seat of the Security Council for a 2-year term in 2021/22,” Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam were among the countries which supported India.

Elections for five non-permanent members of the 15-nation Council for the 2021-22 term will be held around June next year.

Until now, India has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for seven terms: 1950-51, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1991-92 and most recently in 2011–2012 under the leadership of former Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri.

India has also been pushing for the long-pending reform of the Security Council, emphasising that it rightly deserves a place at the UN Security Council as a permanent member.

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