India To Establish Right To Be Permanent Member Of UN Security Council: Foreign Secretary

India At UN Security Council: Next month, we have one of the most landmark events in our engagement in the UN. India will be president of the UN Security Council in the month of August, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

India will make the best of its two-year term in the UN Security Council and underscore that it establishes the right to be a permanent member of the 15-nation body, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said, as the country prepares to assume Presidency of the Council with focus on maritime security, counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. Next month, we have one of the most landmark events in our engagement in the UN. We will be president of the UN Security Council in the month of August, Mr Shringla said. "We will make the best of our two-year term in the Security Council. We will leave our mark in the Council and our point is to say that India really, by its contribution, establishes the right to be a permanent member of UN Security Council," he said. Mr Shringla arrived in New York on Wednesday and will participate in two high-level events in the Security Council to be held under the current French Presidency. He will also meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today and address the Council briefing on Libya.