Correct Answer - Option 3 : India
The correct answer is India.
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India is a current non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
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United Nations Security Council:
- The United Nations Security Council is one of the six main organs of the UN, and it is primarily responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
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It consists of 15 members -five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members.
- The five permanent members are the US, UK, Russia, China, and France.
- Every year, five non-permanent members are elected for a tenure of two years.
- To be elected as a non-permanent member of the council, each member-country requires a two-thirds majority of the entire assembly.
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Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with the end of term year):
- Estonia (2021)
- India (2022)
- Ireland (2022)
- Kenya (2022)
- Mexico (2022)
- Niger (2021)
- Norway (2022)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2021)
- Tunisia (2021)
- Viet Nam (2021)
- India was the sole candidate for a non-permanent seat from the Asia-Pacific category for the 2021-22 term.
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India got 184 out of the 192 valid votes polled and got a seat of non-permanent member of UN Security Council.
- Previously, India had been elected as a non-permanent member of the Council for the years 1950-1951, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1984-1985, 1991-1992, and 2011-2012.
- The subsidiary bodies of the council are known as committees: Counter-Terrorism Committee, Non-Proliferation Committee, United Nations Military Staff Committee, and Sanctions Committee.
- The council uses sanctions to put pressure on a country to comply with its objectives, without using force.
