Thaddeus McCotter co-sponsors a resolution seeking UNSC membership for India

Gus Bilirakis, Republican from Florida along with Thaddeus McCotter who represents Michigan's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, have co-sponsored a resolution which seeks a permanent United Nations Security Council Seat for India.

Congressman Bilirakis had this to say

India is an important ally of the US and the world community. Their enormous role in mediating and contributing to global peacekeeping missions combined with their ever-evolving economic prowess and democratic institutions makes them a natural fit as a permanent member of the Security Council.

In a article in Washington Times Congressman Bilirakis writes

Power is diffused and Islamic extremists pose a worldwide threat to moderate governments and democracy. The new foreign policy imperatives of democratic nations are to counter the rise of extremism and roll back global poverty through economic opportunity and enhanced political freedom.

Adding the voice of the world's largest democracy India to the deliberations of the Security Council would be a major improvement to an organisation too often paralysed by the intransigence of anti-democratic members.

Moreover, in meeting its mandate of maintaining world peace and enforcing UN decisions, the Security Council must have members with advanced force capacity and proven military leadership, most especially ones tempered by a belief in democratic principles like those practised by the people of India.

Rather than remaining on the sidelines when it comes to implementing reform at the UN, the US and likeminded nations should actively advocate reform of the UN Security Council, beginning with permanent membership for the world's largest democracy: India.

India is a crucial and proven partner in the global war on terror and is strategically located to combat growing Islamist extremism in South Asia

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