(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: India Begins UNSC Tenure

Topic: India Begins UNSC Tenure

Guest:

Arvind Gupta, (Director, Vivekananda International Foundation)
Shakti Sinha, (Director, ABVIIS, Vadodara)
Prabhu Dayal, (Former Ambassador)

Topic Description:

With the start of the New Year, India officially began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The country’s flag will be installed at the UNSC stakeout on Monday, which is the first working day of 2021. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T S Tirumurti will install the tricolor. He is also expected to make brief remarks at the special ceremony. India will sit in the 15-nation United Nations Security Council for the 2021-22 term as a non-permanent member. This is the eighth time that the country has had a seat on the powerful horseshoe table. Later, in August this year India will be the UNSC President, and will preside over the Council again for a month in 2022.