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01/08/21 01:00 AM IST

Focus on maritime security, peacekeeping, terror as India enters UNSC presidency

In News 

  • India assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on August 1, 2021.
  • India took over the rotational presidency of the 15-nation UNSC from France.
Details 

  • This is India's first UNSC presidency during its 2021-22 tenure as a non-permanent member of the UNSC.
  • India began its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the UNSC on January 1, 2021.
  • India had last assumed UNSC presidency ten years ago. 
  • India said it will be focusing mainly on maritime security, peacekeeping and counterterrorism during its presidency of the powerful 15-nation UN security body.
Importance 
  • The UNSC presidency means India has the power to decide the UNSC agenda for August.
  •  India will focus on the themes of maritime security, peacekeeping, and counter-terrorism and preside over three high-level signature events on these issues.
UNSC 
  • The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
  • It gives primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security to the Security Council, which may meet whenever peace is threatened.
  • According to the Charter, the United Nations has four purposes:
  • to maintain international peace and security;
  • to develop friendly relations among nations;
  • to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights;
  • and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations
Source- The Hindu 

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