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UN begins voting for Security Council seat assured for India

By IANS | Updated: June 17, 2020 19:27 IST

Voting began on Wednesday morning for the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council, one of which is assured ...

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Voting began on Wednesday morning for the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council, one of which is assured for India with the unanimous backing of the Asian Pacific group.

Delegates of the 193-member nations came to the General Assembly chamber in batches of 20 to maintain social distancing and filled in paper ballots after Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande declared the voting open at 9 am

( With inputs from IANS )

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