INDIA GETS 8TH TERM IN UNSCIndia, Mexico, Ireland and Norway were elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year non-permanent term in voting that took place in the early hours of Thursday India time with delegates wearing masks.
Four seats were filled in the first round of voting, and Kenya and Djibouti were competing for the final seat. India, which will start its eighth term when the session begins on 1 January, and Mexico were elected unopposed to the 15-member council.
Candidates need a two-thirds majority to win. Canada lost out to Ireland and Norway in a hotly contested election. Reuters reports that Ireland took UN ambassadors to a U2 concert, while Canada took envoys to a Celine Dion concert.