United Nations Security Council election, 2015
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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:
- Two for Africa (held by Chad and Nigeria)
- One for the Asia-Pacific Group (held by Jordan)[2]
- One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Chile)
- One for the Eastern European Group (held by Lithuania)
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]
Contents
Candidates[edit]
African Group[edit]
Asia-Pacific Group[edit]
Bangladesh[7] — Withdrew on 6 September 2014 in favour of Japan.[8]
Japan[9]
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 |
| 187 | |
| 184 | |
| 179 | |
| abstentions | 1 |
| required majority | 127 |
Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]
| Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[12] | |
|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 |
| 185 | |
| abstentions | 6 |
| required majority | 124 |
Eastern European Group[edit]
| Eastern European Group election results[12] | |
|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 |
| 177 | |
| abstentions | 14 |
| invalid votes | 1 |
| required majority | 118 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Security Council Elections 2015" (PDF). Security Council Report. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
- ^ "Security Council Elections 2015" (PDF). Security Council Report. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Security Council Elections: Options after Saudi Arabia Rejects its Seat". What's in Blue?. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Senegal favors Morocco’s return to AU". Saudi Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Australia to support Bangladesh for UN Security Council for 2016–17". Bangladesh Business News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Bangladesh Withdraws from UN Security Council Candidature in Japan's Favour". NDTV. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Ukraine to seek election to UN Security Council in autumn". UNIAN. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "‘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.
- ^ 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.
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