India declares candidature for next tenure at UN Security Council

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Category : National Published on: December 19 2022

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India has declared its candidature for non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council for the 2028-29 term.
India on December 1 assumed the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council, the second time after August 2021 that India is presiding over the Council during its two-year tenure as an elected UNSC member.
The previous eight terms that India has been in the Council are 1950-1951, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1984-1985, 1991-1992 and 2011-2012.
UNSC rules of procedure say that the Council presidency rotates between each of the 15 members of the UNSC in alphabetical order.

India declares candidature for next tenure at UN Security Council