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September 15, 2015 Indias Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/)

UNSC reforms: Historic, pathbreaking for India(http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/#post-8156)1. IndiaisastrongcontenderforapermanentUNseatiftheSecurityCouncilgetsexpanded,oneofthemostsignificantreforms

beingdiscussed.2. 70thsessionoftheUNGeneralAssemblychosethepathoftextbasednegotiationsforcarryingoutSecurityCouncilreforms

and,forthispurpose,adoptedanegotiatingtextbyconsensus.3. SecurityCouncil,thetopdecisionmakingbody,whichhas15membersincludingfivepermanentmembersChina,Russia,

theUS,theUKandFrance.4. USandRussiahavebeensupportingIndiasbid,ChinahasbeenagainstanyexpansionoftheSecurityCouncil.5. OncethedraftisagreeduponbytheUNmembercountries,itwillbeputtovoteattheGeneralAssembly,whereatwothirds

voteisneededtopassit.

WhyisitimportanttobecomeapermanentmemberofSecuritycouncil?The Indian Express

August 13, 2015 Indias Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/)

India bid for permanent seat suffers blow (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/#post-6437)1. US,Russia,ChinaopposeUNSCreformtalkswhichcouldhavesetadialogueinmotion.2. USremainsopposedtoanyalterationorexpansionoftheveto.3. IndiareceivedsupportfromFranceandtheUK,thetworemainingpermanentmembersofSecurityCouncil.

The Economic Times

May 18, 2015 Indias Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/)

Support our bid for a permanent UNSC seat: India to China(http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/#post-3144)

Indiahas2majorexpectationsfromChina(amongotherthings):1. Wantstobecomeamemberofthe44nationNSGwhichcontrolsthecivilnucleartechnologytraderegime.2. WantsChinatobackitsbidforapermanentseatinareformedU.N.SecurityCouncil.

The Hindu (http://m.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/support-our-bid-for-a-permanent-unsc-seat/article7212146.ece)

February 25, 2015 Indias Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/)

Obama endorses India for UNSC seat (http://www.civilsdaily.com/story/indias-bid-to-a-permanent-seat-at-united-nations/#post-632)

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1. Fivepermanentmembers:China,France,RussianFederation,theUnitedKingdom,andtheUnitedStates.2. TennonpermanentmemberselectedfortwoyeartermsbytheGeneralAssemblywithtermendingdate:Angola(2016),Chad

(2015),Chile(2015),Jordan(2015),Lithuania(2015),Malaysia(2016),NewZealand(2016),Nigeria(2015),Spain(2016),Venezuela(2016).

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