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Azerbaijan elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council
armradio.am
25.10.2011 12:39
Azerbaijan will become a member of the Security Council after winning
the final vacancy on the 15-member body during voting in New York.
Azerbaijan claimed the non-permanent seat, awarded to an Eastern
European country, on the 17th round of balloting after it scored 155
votes from United Nations Member States in the General Assembly - well
clear of the necessary two-thirds majority of States present and
voting. Slovenia received 13 votes and Hungary one vote.
The country's victory occurred after Slovenia, which was also a
candidate for the same Eastern European seat, withdrew its bid at the
end of the 16th round. In that round Azerbaijan had obtained 116 votes
to Slovenia's 77.
Azerbaijan, which will hold the seat in 2012-13, succeeds Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Four other non-permanent seats for 2012-13 were filled on Friday when
Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo were successful in earlier
rounds of voting. All non-permanent seats are allocated according to a
geographical formula.
The five new members will join Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal and
South Africa, whose terms end on 31 December 2012, and the five
permanent Council members, which each wield the power of veto - China,
France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
armradio.am
25.10.2011 12:39
Azerbaijan will become a member of the Security Council after winning
the final vacancy on the 15-member body during voting in New York.
Azerbaijan claimed the non-permanent seat, awarded to an Eastern
European country, on the 17th round of balloting after it scored 155
votes from United Nations Member States in the General Assembly - well
clear of the necessary two-thirds majority of States present and
voting. Slovenia received 13 votes and Hungary one vote.
The country's victory occurred after Slovenia, which was also a
candidate for the same Eastern European seat, withdrew its bid at the
end of the 16th round. In that round Azerbaijan had obtained 116 votes
to Slovenia's 77.
Azerbaijan, which will hold the seat in 2012-13, succeeds Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Four other non-permanent seats for 2012-13 were filled on Friday when
Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo were successful in earlier
rounds of voting. All non-permanent seats are allocated according to a
geographical formula.
The five new members will join Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal and
South Africa, whose terms end on 31 December 2012, and the five
permanent Council members, which each wield the power of veto - China,
France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.