India begins its two-year tenure as a Non-Permanent Member of the UNSC

India Friday officially began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council along with Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Kenya.
A member country needs a two-third majority of votes in the General Assembly to become a non-permanent member. This is the eighth time India has been elected as a non-permanent member.
India had last assumed the role of a non-permanent member at the UNSC in 2011-12.
Prior to that, it was a non-permanent member for 1950-51, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1984-85 and 1991-92.
In August, India will serve as the president of the council, a position held by each of the members in turn for one month, according to the alphabetical order of the member states’ names.
Presidency entails presiding over council meetings, coordinating actions, deciding the content of UNSC debates and more.
India will strive to achieve a “concrete and result-oriented action at the security council for an effective response to international terrorism,” said Jaishankar.
India is also expected to call for more transparency in listing and delisting of entities and individuals by the UN sanction committees.
Getting permanent membership in an expanded council is also high up on the agenda.

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