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India pulls off a diplomatic coup, wins prized ICJ seat(TH)
Context
With Justice Dalveer Bhandari’s re-election, this will be the first time in the 70-year history of the U.N.that the U.K. will not be on the world judicial body.
Multiple firsts
This is the first time in the 70-year history of the United Nations that
- The U.K. will not be on the ICJ
- One of the five permanent members of the UNSC lost out to an ordinary member in a race
- One sitting member of the ICJ lost to another sitting member
- Rest of the article, like the previous one, provides a sneak peek into the efforts put in by India in the re-election of Justice Dalveer Bhandari to ICJ.
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