United Nations Security Council election, 2015

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United Nations Security Council election, 2015
United Nations
2014 ←
15 October 2015 → 2016
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council

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United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members

Members before election

 Chad (Africa)
 Nigeria (Africa)
 Chile (LatAm&Car)
 Jordan (Asia, Arab)
 Lithuania (E. Europe)

New Members





The 2015 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2015[1] during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2016. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2016–17 period.

This will be the last time a Security Council election will be held in the month of October.[3] On 18 September 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/307 to push the elections back to six months prior to the beginning of the newly elected Council members' terms.[4]

Candidates[edit]

African Group[edit]

Asia-Pacific Group[edit]

Eastern European Group[edit]

Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]

Result[edit]

African and Asia-Pacific Groups[edit]

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[12]
Member Round 1
 Senegal 187
 Japan 184
 Egypt 179
abstentions 1
required majority 127

Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[12]
Member Round 1
 Uruguay 185
abstentions 6
required majority 124

Eastern European Group[edit]

Eastern European Group election results[12]
Member Round 1
 Ukraine 177
abstentions 14
invalid votes 1
required majority 118

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Security Council Elections 2015" (PDF). Security Council Report. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. 
  2. ^ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
  3. ^ "Security Council Elections 2015" (PDF). Security Council Report. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. 
  4. ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 68 Resolution 307. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly A/RES/68/307 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Security Council Elections: Options after Saudi Arabia Rejects its Seat". What's in Blue?. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013. 
  6. ^ "Senegal favors Morocco’s return to AU". Saudi Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. 
  7. ^ "Australia to support Bangladesh for UN Security Council for 2016–17". Bangladesh Business News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013. 
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Withdraws from UN Security Council Candidature in Japan's Favour". NDTV. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. 
  9. ^ "Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. January 11, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Ukraine to seek election to UN Security Council in autumn". UNIAN. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015. 
  11. ^ "‘We Must Move Forward!’ Assembly President Says, Challenging Member States to Be Brave Enough to Reject Static Positions, Make United Nations Better". United Nations. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2013. 
  12. ^ a b c "General Assembly Elects Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2016–2017". United Nations. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.