India's focus will be on the ‘New Orientation For A Reformed Multilateral System' (NORMS). “I'm confident that at a time when we are poised to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and later the 75th anniversary of India's independence in 2022, India's presence in the Security Council will help bring to the world our ethos that the world is one family - Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” Tirumurti said.Īhead of the elections, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has outlined New Delhi's priorities for its candidature. In many ways, quite extraordinary,” he said. As a founding member of the United Nations, India's contribution to implementing the goals of the United Nations Charter and to the evolution of UN specialised agencies and programmes has been substantial. “India's journey with the United Nations is quite a remarkable one. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti, in a video message on Friday, underscored that the United Nations as well as the multilateralism need to change to reflect the contemporary realities and remain credible as the world organisation marks its 75th anniversary this year. New Delhi's candidature was unanimously endorsed by the 55-member Asia-Pacific grouping, including China and Pakistan, in June last year. Its victory is a given since it is the sole candidate vying for the lone seat from the grouping.
India is a candidate for a non-permanent seat from the Asia-Pacific category for the 2021-22 term.
India is all set to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member, elections for which will be held on June 17. India's presence in the United Nations Security Council will help bring to the world its ethos of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', the country's envoy to the global body has said, ahead of elections for the non-permanent seat of the powerful UN organ.