New Delhi
10 May 2006
New Delhi on Wednesday attributed its election to the new United
Nations Human Rights Council to "non-aligned solidarity" and its standing in the G-77.
India and 46 other countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Pakistan were
voted in to the new Council.
Sources said India's election was also a recognition of her diplomatic standing in the
comity of nations and her commitment to promotion and protection of human rights. India
secured 173 votes out of 190. Pakistan got 149 and China, 146. India is one of 13
countries elected from Asia.
The secret ballot took place in New York on Tuesday. The first meeting of the Council will
be held in Geneva on May 19. The United States did not contest. India will hold a one-
year term in the Council. In the draw of lots that took place after the elections, Pakistan
got for itself a two-year term and China, three-year term.
The sources said India's successful election to the Council indirectly validated India's
choice of becoming a part of the G-4 in her quest for a permanent seat in the United
Nations Security Council. Brazil got 165, the highest in the Latin America group and
Germany topped the West Europe group with 154 votes.
Besides non-aligned solidarity, the sources cited India's membership of the G-77 as an
enabling factor. The sources said India's interest in non-aligned solidarity and the G-77
was intact and had not wavered. India, they said, was very much a part of these
groupings and her traditional linkages were firmly in place.
The elections were held in pursuance of a UN resolution, which was adopted on March
15 this year to establish the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human
Rights.
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