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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1739 

Expressing support for the Republic of India to gain a permanent seat 

on the United Nations Security Council. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 29, 2010 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself and Ms. BORDALLO) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the Republic of India to gain a 

permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. 

Whereas the current makeup of the permanent United Nations Security Council, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China, reflects the global 

power structure in the immediate postwar world; 

Whereas the challenges of the 21st century require that 

United Nations Security Council membership be reformed 

to include rising economic, political, diplomatic, and military powers representative of all regions of the world; 

Whereas, on October 12, 2010, the Republic of India was 

elected by an overwhelming majority of the United Nations General Assembly as the Asian regional representative to the Security Council, which is seen as a key step 

towards achieving a permanent seat; 


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Whereas India is an increasingly influential global power, the 

most populous democracy on earth, and an indispensable 

partner to the United States; 

Whereas with a population of almost 1,200,000,000, India 

represents about one-sixth of the world’s people; 

Whereas India is one of the fastest growing major economies 

in the world, the dominant economic power in South 

Asia, has the world’s second largest labor force, and is 

an increasingly significant hub for high-tech industry, 

telecommunications, and automobile manufacturing; 

Whereas India has the third largest standing army in the 

world and ranks 10th in overall military expenditures; 

Whereas India is at the nexus of global security issues from 

Pakistan and Kashmir to China and the Indian Ocean, 

and has provided tens of thousands of troops for dozens 

of United Nations peacekeeping missions around the 

world; 

Whereas India is a strong participant in numerous multilateral international and regional organizations, from the 

World Trade Organization to the G20 to the South Asian 

Association for Regional Cooperation and the East Asia 

Summit; 

Whereas India is an essential partner of the United States 

and supports many of the Nation’s goals and policies, 

from counterterrorism to export trade to domestic economic recovery efforts; and 

Whereas President Barack Obama, to a joint session of the 

Indian Parliament on November 8, 2010, said, ‘‘The 

United States not only welcomes India as a rising global 

power, we fervently support it, . . .’’: Now, therefore, be 

it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) expresses appreciation for the Republic of 

3 India as a strong, democratic ally, key economic 

4 partner, and a rising global power; 

5 (2) supports India’s inclusion as a permanent 

6 member of the United Nations Security Council; and 

7 (3) encourages President Barack Obama to 

8 work with friends and allies of the United States in 

9 the United Nations to effect India’s inclusion on the 

10 Security Council. 

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