India to be UN Security Council President for August, 2021

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.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

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’ names.

India will assume the rotating presidency of the Council for the month of August next year.

India will preside over the Council again for a month in 2022.

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.

India, the endorsed candidate from the Asia-Pacific States, won 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast.

The two-year terms of Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa are ending this year.