Indian to stop 9/11 type terror attacks
Puri, who has been elected for a two-year term, replaced the ambassador and the permanent representative of Turkey, Ertugrul Apakan.
Earlier Puri stated, "One of our major pre-occupation is the issue of terrorism. I expect that in the coming months we would have to address that issue through the work of the Council."
Who
is
Hardeep
Singh
Puri:
A
1974-batch
IFS
officer,
Puri
is
well-known
for
his
diplomatic
stances
and
an
expert
on
World
Trade
Organisation
(WTO)
issues.
He served as India's Permanent Representative to the UN institutions in Geneva. He was a Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
He was India's Ambassador to Brazil where he played an important role in getting the Indian-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) partnership to expand areas of economic cooperation.
Brazil was also a very important country to convince ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group meet on the Indian nuclear deal given that it had given up its weapons programme and signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Puri has also been elected as the chairman of the Security Council Committee concerning Somalia and Eretria in 2009.
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from
PTI)