Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that India should be a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Bill: 114-hres-786
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

India

International organizations and cooperation

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Supports: (1) India's inclusion as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, and (2) the Obama administration's work with U.N. members to effect such inclusion.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 786 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2016 Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. Bera ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that India should be a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Whereas there are currently 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council; Whereas India is the second most populous country in the world with over 1,200,000,000 citizens; Whereas the Republic of India is the world’s largest democracy; Whereas India has the third largest standing army in the world and has demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting regional and global peace by providing tens of thousands of troops to United Nations-mandated peacekeeping missions; Whereas India has been elected 7 times as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and, in 2010, a majority of the United Nations General Assembly elected the Republic of India to be the Asian representative to the United Nations Security Council; Whereas the United States-India relationship is an essential partnership supporting global economic and strategic policies; and Whereas in 2010 and in 2015 President Barack Obama expressed support for a reformed United Nations Security Council and India’s entry as a permanent member: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) supports India’s inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; and (2) supports the Obama administration’s continued work with members of the United Nations to effect India’s entry as a permanent member of the Security Council.