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Pakistan backs India for UNSC seat
Monday February 22, 2010 (1052 PST)
UNITED NATIONS: Indias campaign to secure a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council has received a major boost as 53 nations from the Asia region endorsed its candidature.
According to an official statement from Indias Permanent Mission to the United Nations, 19 countries, including Pakistan, spoke in favour of the proposal to endorse New Delhis candidature for the two-year term in the Security Council, starting from January 1, 2011. If India does secure the seat, it will be the first time in 19 years that it will occupy a seat in the council.
The UNSC has 15 members, including five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members, of which two are from Asia. Each member of the council has a vote, while only the five permanent members can veto a resolution.
India is currently running unopposed after the withdrawal of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan from the fray. Even if India goes to the election without an opponent, it will still need to secure two-thirds of the votes of the 192 member countries of the United Nations General Assembly that comprise the electoral college.
Pakistan backs India for UNSC seat
Monday February 22, 2010 (1052 PST)
UNITED NATIONS: Indias campaign to secure a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council has received a major boost as 53 nations from the Asia region endorsed its candidature.
According to an official statement from Indias Permanent Mission to the United Nations, 19 countries, including Pakistan, spoke in favour of the proposal to endorse New Delhis candidature for the two-year term in the Security Council, starting from January 1, 2011. If India does secure the seat, it will be the first time in 19 years that it will occupy a seat in the council.
The UNSC has 15 members, including five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members, of which two are from Asia. Each member of the council has a vote, while only the five permanent members can veto a resolution.
India is currently running unopposed after the withdrawal of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan from the fray. Even if India goes to the election without an opponent, it will still need to secure two-thirds of the votes of the 192 member countries of the United Nations General Assembly that comprise the electoral college.
