{"id":23631,"date":"2020-06-19T10:57:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=23631"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:57:11","slug":"india-to-be-un-security-council-president-for-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-to-be-un-security-council-president-for-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"India to be UN Security Council President for August, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, India has entered the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member. Now, India will serve as the president of the powerful 15-nation UN body for the month of August, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the member states&#8217; names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India will assume the rotating presidency of the Council for the month of August next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India will preside over the Council again for a month in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India, Norway, Ireland, Mexico and Kenya were elected as the non-permanent members of the UNSC for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India, the endorsed candidate from the Asia-Pacific States, won 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-year terms of Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa are ending this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, India has entered the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member. 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