After a gap of 19 years, India today formally took its place in the UN Security Council as a new non-permanent member for a two-year term, a position from which it is expected to push its agenda for UN reform, reports news agency PTI.
The agency said that along with India, Germany, South Africa, Columbia and Portugal too took their places at the powerful 15-member body of the United Nations.
Regarded as a key emerging political and economic power, India would be the president of the powerful Security Council in August and again later next year, most likely in November 2012, during its two-year term.
India is also likely to be given a key responsibility of heading one of the two key counter-terrorism committees of the Council during its term. Diplomatic sources privy to the discussions at the United Nations headquarters in New York told PTI that talks are in advance stage to request India to head one of its two key counter-terrorism committees.
