IV 
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 Na-
tions Security Council, the United States, United King-
dom, 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 mili-
tary 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 Na-
tions General Assembly as the Asian regional representa-
tive to the Security Council, which is seen as a key step 
towards achieving a permanent seat; 
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•HRES 1739 IH 
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 multilat-
eral 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 eco-
nomic 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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•HRES 1739 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses appreciation for the Republic of 
India as a strong, democratic ally, key economic 
partner, and a rising global power; 
(2) supports India’s inclusion as a permanent 
member of the United Nations Security Council; and 
(3) encourages President Barack Obama to 
work with friends and allies of the United States in 
the United Nations to effect India’s inclusion on the 
Security Council. 
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