IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 535 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2017 Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Bera , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas , Ms. Gabbard , and Mr. Gene Green of Texas ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Republic of India should be a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Whereas there are currently five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council; Whereas the Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world with more than 1.2 billion citizens; Whereas India is the world’s largest democracy; Whereas India has the third largest standing army in the world, the largest volunteer army in the world, and has demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting regional and global peace by providing tens of thousands of troops to United Nations-mandated peacekeeping missions; Whereas India has been elected seven times as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and, in 2010, a majority of the United Nations General Assembly elected India to be the Asian representative to the United Nations Security Council; and Whereas the United States-India relationship is an essential partnership supporting global economic and strategic policies: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) supports the Republic of India’s inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; and (2) urges the Administration to work with members of the United Nations to effect India’s entry as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.