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UNSC
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On January
1, 2011
India
along with
Germany,
Portugal,
South
Africa and
Columbia
became the
five
non-permanent
members of
this
15-member
body . .
India
joined the
UN
Security
Council (UNSC)
for a
two-year
term after
a gap of
19 years
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Hardeep
Singh Puri
is India's
permanent
representative
to the UN
- On
October
12, 2010
UN General
Assembly
elected
India,
Germany,
South
Africa and
Colombia
to
two-year
seats (Jan
2011 to
Dec 2012)
on UN
Security
Council .
. Portugal
got the
other
place when
Canada
withdrew
its bid
after the
second
round of
voting
- Candidates
are chosen
by region
and the main
contest was
among
Western
allies.
- Germany won
in the first
round of
voting, and
Portugal in
the second
after
Canada's
withdrawal.
- India, South
Africa and
Colombia
all secured
their places
in the
council in
uncontested
votes.
- India won
the seat
vacated by
Japan from
the Asia
region in a
vote in the
UN General
Assembly.
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With India,
South Africa
and Germany
winning
three of
rotating
non-permanent
seats in
UNSC, for
the first
time the
Security
Council got
simultaneous
presence of
all:
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BRIC
and
-
IBSA
countries
and
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Three
of the
four
G4
countries.
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The BRIC
countries
comprise
four
emerging
powers
including
Brazil,
Russia,
India and
China who
are set to
becoming
leading
economies
of the
world by
2050.
Russia and
China are
already
permanent
members of
the UNSC.
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Brazil was
elected to
a
non-permanent
seat last
year and
will
remain
there till
end of
2011.
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The IBSA
comprises
India,
Brazil and
South
Africa,
bringing
three
leading
economies
of three
continents
together.
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The G4
comprising
India,
Brazil,
Germany
and Japan
are
aspiring
for a
permanent
seat in
the UNSC.
·
China,
Britain,
France, the
US and
Russia are
the five
permanent
members.
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India
was
non-permanent
member of
the
Security
Council
during the
following
years:
·
1950 – 1951
·
1967 – 1968
·
1972 – 1973
·
1977 – 1978
·
1984 – 1985
·
1991 – 1992
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