India Launches SHANTI Campaign for UNSC Bid

Exam-focused facts from the 16 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

India launched its campaign for election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 term.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar unveiled the SHANTI vision (Securing Holistic Advancement through Norms, Trust and Integrity) as India's guiding principle.
India has contributed nearly 300,000 personnel to about 50 UN peacekeeping missions since the UN's inception.
Currently, India has 4,300 peacekeeping personnel deployed across 10 of the 11 active UN missions.
India has served as a non-permanent UNSC member eight times, most recently in 2021-22.
India is a founding member of the United Nations and advocates for reforms of the UN Security Council.