1. U N Security Council Elected 5 New Non-Permanent Members i. Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia elected to seats as non-permanent members by the United Nations Security Council in the 15-member Council on 17 October 2013. ii. These members have been elected for two-year term which would start from January 2014. iii. The New Council members will replace Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo. iv. Non-permanent members Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda will remain on the Council until the end of 2014. India had served as a non-permanent member at the council in 2011-2012. v. There are six principal organisations of UN which maintains peace and security of the world. 1 . The Organisations are-General Assembly. 2 . The Security Council. 3. The Economic and Social Council. 4 . The Trusteeship Council, 5. The International Court of Justice and 6. The Secretariat.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:18:03 +0000
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