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Ahead of vote for UNSC seat, India launches campaign brochure
Why it is in news?
- India is going to be elected to UNSC for the eight time with last stint in 2011-2012.
- India’s agenda at UNSC as Non-permanent member:
- highlight international terrorism, United Nations reforms and Security Council expansion, streamlining the world body’s peacekeeping operations and technology initiatives
- India’s overall objective during this tenure in the UN Security Council will be the achievement of N.O.R.M.S: a New Orientation for a Reformed Multilateral System
- This will be the eighth time India will occupy a non-permanent UNSC seat, with its last stint in 2011-2012.
More on news:
- India is representing uncontested seat as Afghanistan withdrew on India’s request.
- India will require 2/3rd seats UNGA, which government is confident of.