India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has said he is hopeful that New Delhi will soon be part of UN Security Council as its non-permanent member after a gap of 19 years.

"There is every expectation that come January 1 2011, we will be on the Security Council for a 2-year term as a non-permanent member. This is after 19 years we will be entering the Council," Puri told PTI.