UN elects five new Security Council non-permanent members
19 Oct 2014 4:58 AM IST
These five countries replace retiring members Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, South Korea and Rwanda, xinhua reported.
The newly elected members term will be begining from Jan 1, 2015. The only real contest in the balloting was among New Zealand, Spain and Turkey for two seats from the Western European and Others Group. New Zealand handily won on the first ballot with 145 votes, while Spain failed to qualify with its 121 votes as did Turkey with its 109. Five non-permanent members are elected every year to join the five permanent and veto-wielding members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the US.
The UN has 193 member states and a two-thirds majority of 129 votes is needed to win a non-permanent seat in the council.
Spain with 132 votes won over Turkey’s 60 votes on a third ballot which required a two-thirds majority of 128 votes out of the total 192 valid ballots cast. One member abstained from voting.
Angola, Malaysia and Venezuela were virtually assured of victory because they had been put forward by their regional groupings of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The newly elected members term will be begining from Jan 1, 2015. The only real contest in the balloting was among New Zealand, Spain and Turkey for two seats from the Western European and Others Group. New Zealand handily won on the first ballot with 145 votes, while Spain failed to qualify with its 121 votes as did Turkey with its 109. Five non-permanent members are elected every year to join the five permanent and veto-wielding members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the US.
The UN has 193 member states and a two-thirds majority of 129 votes is needed to win a non-permanent seat in the council.
Spain with 132 votes won over Turkey’s 60 votes on a third ballot which required a two-thirds majority of 128 votes out of the total 192 valid ballots cast. One member abstained from voting.
Angola, Malaysia and Venezuela were virtually assured of victory because they had been put forward by their regional groupings of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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