ICSE Class 8 Answered
What
significant role is played by India and UN together?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 20 Oct, 2016, 10:34: AM
Expert Answer
Significant role played by India:
- India supported the freedom movements of countries such as Indonesia, Angola, Bangladesh, Libya, Malaysia, Tunisia, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria and supported the entry of China into the UN in 1971.
- India opposed the official policy of apartheid in South Africa.
- India was part of the UN peacemaking operations in Palestine, Cyprus, Congo, Cambodia and Bosnia.
- India played an important role in disarmament conferences.
- India was appointed as the chairman of the commission for the supervision of truce in Indo-China in 1954.
- India followed a policy of non-alignment during the Cold War.
- During the Korean War (1950) and the Gulf War (1991), India sent medical missions as part of UN aid.
- Many African and Asian students receive higher education in Indian universities through UNESCO scholarships.
- Shashi Tharoor served as the Undersecretary General for Public Information at the UN.
- Indian jurists such as Nagendra Singh, B. N. Rau and Justice Pathak have been judges of the International Court of Justice.
Answered by | 20 Oct, 2016, 12:34: PM