India
- India has been a member of the United Nations since 30 October 1945
- India is not in the list of countries with webpages at the UN.
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- India is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- India has participated in 1436 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2008
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
India…
| voted alone (out of 182 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution XXI as a whole (resolution 58/187). | 22 December 2003 |
| voted alone (out of 169 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution II as a whole (resolution 59/261). | 23 December 2004 |
| voted alone (out of 164 nations) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 1. | 19 December 2001 |
| voted alone (out of 172 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution N (resolution 49/75 N). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 172 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution P (resolution 49/75 P). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 166 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution K (resolution 50/70 K). | 12 December 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 171 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution K (resolution 51/45 K). | 10 December 1996 |
| voted alone (out of 180 nations) against | Draft resolution XXIII (resolution 59/88). | 3 December 2004 |
| voted alone (out of 179 nations) against | Draft resolution XXIII (resolution 62/44). | 5 December 2007 |
| voted alone (out of 179 nations) against | Draft resolution XXIV (resolution 61/82). | 6 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 178 nations) against | Draft resolution IV (resolution 63/44). | 2 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 176 nations) against | Draft resolution XXI (resolution 60/75). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted alone (out of 174 nations) against | Draft resolution IV (resolution 58/39). | 8 December 2003 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) against | Draft resolution T (resolution 57/77). | 22 November 2002 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) against | Draft resolution Q (resolution 51/45 Q). | 10 December 1996 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) against | Draft resolution Q (resolution 52/38 Q). | 9 December 1997 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) against | Draft resolution P (resolution 53/77 P). | 4 December 1998 |
| voted alone (out of 174 nations) against | Operative paragraph 5 as a whole. | 6 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 173 nations) against | The words “and South Asia”. | 5 December 2007 |
| voted alone (out of 172 nations) against | Operative paragraph 6 as a whole. | 5 December 2007 |
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of India. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Acharia | 1 | 18 November 1999 | 18 November 1999 |
| Mr. Ahamed | 11 | 9 November 1994 | 9 December 2008 |
| Mr. Ahluwalia | 1 | 17 September 1998 | 17 September 1998 |
| Mr. Ahmed | 2 | 10 November 1995 | 15 October 1996 |
| Mr. Ansari | 4 | 27 April 1994 | 12 December 1994 |
| Mr. Anwar | 1 | 20 October 2006 | 20 October 2006 |
| Mr. Baby | 1 | 21 November 1997 | 21 November 1997 |
| Mr. Bagrobia | 1 | 24 October 2007 | 24 October 2007 |
| Mr. Bahuguna | 1 | 18 November 2008 | 18 November 2008 |
| Mr. Balanandan | 1 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 |
| Ms. Banerjee | 1 | 7 October 1998 | 7 October 1998 |
| Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal | 1 | 19 October 1994 | 19 October 1994 |
| Mr. Barnala | 1 | 5 November 1996 | 5 November 1996 |
| Mr. Bhakta | 2 | 17 November 1994 | 6 December 1994 |
| Mr. Bhatia | 1 | 27 October 1994 | 27 October 1994 |
| Mr. Bhattacharjee | 2 | 17 December 1999 | 5 November 2001 |
| Mr. Bishnoi | 5 | 19 November 2001 | 16 December 2002 |
| Mrs. Bose | 2 | 24 October 2000 | 8 November 2002 |
| Mr. Chakraborty | 1 | 25 October 2000 | 25 October 2000 |
| Mr. Chaliha | 1 | 20 October 2004 | 20 October 2004 |
| Mr. Chandra | 1 | 21 December 2001 | 21 December 2001 |
| Ms. Chandra | 1 | 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Chaturvedi | 2 | 13 October 1994 | 17 October 1994 |
| Mr. Chitharanjan | 1 | 1 November 2000 | 1 November 2000 |
| Ms. Kumari Singh Deo | 1 | 30 October 2008 | 30 October 2008 |
| Mrs. Deori | 1 | 28 November 1995 | 28 November 1995 |
| Mr. Dev | 1 | 4 November 1996 | 4 November 1996 |
| Mr. Singh Dhindsa | 1 | 10 November 2008 | 10 November 2008 |
| Mr. Doraiswami | 2 | 20 March 2007 | 9 December 2008 |
| Mr. Dwivedi | 1 | 24 November 2008 | 24 November 2008 |
| Mr. Fernandes | 3 | 7 December 1995 | 2 June 2006 |
| Mr. Gadhavi | 1 | 27 October 2004 | 27 October 2004 |
| Mr. Gandhi | 2 | 8 March 2005 | 8 December 2005 |
| Mr. Geete | 1 | 31 October 2000 | 31 October 2000 |
| Mr. Gehlot | 1 | 5 November 2007 | 5 November 2007 |
| Mrs. Ghanashyam | 1 | 5 December 2006 | 5 December 2006 |
| Ms. Ghanashyam | 1 | 5 October 2007 | 5 October 2007 |
| Ms. Ghose | 1 | 10 September 1996 | 10 September 1996 |
| Mr. Gill | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Gobinathan | 1 | 16 October 2003 | 16 October 2003 |
| Mr. Gopinathan | 18 | 22 November 1999 | 21 July 2005 |
| Mr. Gujral | 3 | 21 November 1994 | 24 September 1997 |
| Mr. Gupta | 2 | 25 October 2000 | 20 November 2002 |
| Mrs. Heptulla | 2 | 15 November 1995 | 25 October 1996 |
| Ms. Heptulla | 1 | 28 October 1998 | 28 October 1998 |
| Ms. Iyer | 3 | 26 November 2001 | 30 November 2001 |
| Mr. Jogi | 1 | 17 November 1995 | 17 November 1995 |
| Mr. Jose | 3 | 29 October 1996 | 15 October 2003 |
| Mr. Kalita | 1 | 25 October 1994 | 25 October 1994 |
| Mrs. Kamboj | 1 | 10 December 2004 | 10 December 2004 |
| Mr. Kataria | 1 | 31 October 2000 | 31 October 2000 |
| Mr. Khan | 1 | 15 October 1998 | 15 October 1998 |
| Mr. Khanna | 1 | 31 October 2003 | 31 October 2003 |
| Mr. Khare | 4 | 7 December 1998 | 27 November 2000 |
| Ms. Kidwai | 1 | 25 October 2005 | 25 October 2005 |
| Mr. Kovind | 1 | 22 October 2003 | 22 October 2003 |
| Mr. Krishnaswamy | 1 | 1 November 2007 | 1 November 2007 |
| Mr. Kumar | 5 | 15 December 1994 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mrs. Kumar | 1 | 29 November 1994 | 29 November 1994 |
| Mrs. Kumari | 1 | 19 November 1999 | 19 November 1999 |
| Mr. Kurien | 1 | 23 November 1994 | 23 November 1994 |
| Mr. Suresh Kurup | 1 | 13 October 2005 | 13 October 2005 |
| Mr. Lahiri | 1 | 18 October 2004 | 18 October 2004 |
| Mr. Mahtab | 1 | 4 November 2003 | 4 November 2003 |
| Mr. Malhotra | 9 | 10 November 2000 | 26 November 2007 |
| Mr. Manickam | 1 | 2 November 1998 | 2 November 1998 |
| Mr. Mathrani | 1 | 1 December 2003 | 1 December 2003 |
| Mr. Mazumdar | 1 | 16 December 2005 | 16 December 2005 |
| Mr. Mehta | 3 | 6 October 1999 | 14 December 2001 |
| Mr. Mishra | 1 | 31 October 1994 | 31 October 1994 |
| Mrs. Mohanta | 1 | 2 November 2000 | 2 November 2000 |
| Mr. Mukherjee | 5 | 3 October 1994 | 2 October 2008 |
| Mr. Mukhopadhaya | 3 | 12 December 1996 | 9 December 1998 |
| Ms. Murugesan | 3 | 29 September 1995 | 22 December 1995 |
| Mr. Naik | 1 | 31 October 2007 | 31 October 2007 |
| Mr. Nambiar | 40 | 18 June 2002 | 25 May 2004 |
| Mr. Natchiappan | 1 | 3 November 2008 | 3 November 2008 |
| Mr. Pal | 13 | 20 June 1997 | 20 December 2001 |
| Mr. Palanimanickam | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Pawar | 2 | 13 November 1995 | 5 October 1998 |
| Mr. Poojary | 1 | 26 October 2005 | 26 October 2005 |
| Mr. Prakash | 1 | 22 October 2001 | 22 October 2001 |
| Mr. Prasad | 1 | 9 October 2006 | 9 October 2006 |
| Mr. Punj | 1 | 6 November 2000 | 6 November 2000 |
| Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri | 1 | 25 November 2009 | 25 November 2009 |
| Mr. Manjeev Singh Puri | 1 | 13 November 2009 | 13 November 2009 |
| Mr. Puri | 4 | 29 June 2009 | 5 October 2009 |
| Mr. Singh Puri | 1 | 22 July 2009 | 22 July 2009 |
| Mr. Radhakrishnam | 1 | 20 October 2003 | 20 October 2003 |
| Mr. Raghavan | 1 | 8 November 2006 | 8 November 2006 |
| Mr. Raja | 1 | 15 October 2008 | 15 October 2008 |
| Mrs. Raje | 1 | 30 September 1999 | 30 September 1999 |
| Mr. Rangachari | 1 | 8 November 2001 | 8 November 2001 |
| Mr. Rangaswamy | 1 | 11 November 2009 | 11 November 2009 |
| Mr. Rao | 3 | 24 October 1995 | 22 October 2003 |
| Mr. Ravi | 1 | 11 November 2004 | 11 November 2004 |
| Ms. Rebello | 1 | 12 October 2006 | 12 October 2006 |
| Mr. Saha | 2 | 28 August 1998 | 7 April 1999 |
| Mr. Salim | 1 | 30 October 2007 | 30 October 2007 |
| Mr. Sandhu | 1 | 23 January 2009 | 23 January 2009 |
| Mr. Sayeed | 2 | 30 October 2006 | 3 November 2006 |
| Mr. Sen | 75 | 13 September 2004 | 19 March 2009 |
| Mr. Shah | 18 | 11 April 1995 | 21 May 1997 |
| Mr. Sharma | 64 | 16 October 1997 | 15 June 2007 |
| Mr. Shervani | 4 | 9 October 1998 | 25 November 2008 |
| Mr. Shinde | 1 | 17 October 2002 | 17 October 2002 |
| Mr. Shringla | 2 | 11 November 2002 | 25 September 2003 |
| Mr. Shukla | 1 | 29 October 2008 | 29 October 2008 |
| Mr. Singh | 16 | 5 December 1994 | 26 September 2008 |
| Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh | 1 | 20 October 2008 | 20 October 2008 |
| Mrs. Singh | 2 | 2 November 2000 | 13 September 2002 |
| Mr. Singhvi | 1 | 20 October 1999 | 20 October 1999 |
| Mr. Singla | 1 | 20 November 1995 | 20 November 1995 |
| Mr. Sinha | 3 | 16 September 2002 | 10 November 2006 |
| Mrs. Sinha | 2 | 10 November 1997 | 12 November 1997 |
| Mr. Siva | 1 | 20 November 2008 | 20 November 2008 |
| Mr. Sood | 1 | 20 October 2000 | 20 October 2000 |
| Mr. Sreenivasan | 8 | 4 October 1994 | 8 February 1995 |
| Mr. Srivastava | 1 | 23 November 1998 | 23 November 1998 |
| Mr. Surie | 7 | 27 September 1995 | 9 December 1996 |
| Mr. Swamy | 1 | 25 November 1996 | 25 November 1996 |
| Mrs. Swaraj | 1 | 18 October 2007 | 18 October 2007 |
| Mrs. Thakur | 1 | 19 November 2007 | 19 November 2007 |
| Mr. Tiwathia | 2 | 4 November 1999 | 15 November 1999 |
| Mrs. Tomar | 2 | 10 December 2004 | 14 July 2005 |
| Mr. Topdar | 1 | 17 November 2008 | 17 November 2008 |
| Mr. Vaiko | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Vajpayee | 6 | 1 November 1995 | 25 September 2003 |
| Mr. Vundavalli | 1 | 29 November 2007 | 29 November 2007 |
| Mr. Yadav | 1 | 7 November 1994 | 7 November 1994 |
| Mr. Yechury | 2 | 31 October 2005 | 8 November 2005 |
| Mr. Yerrannaidu | 1 | 10 November 2008 | 10 November 2008 |
