{"id":50436,"date":"2024-06-07T21:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/somalia-pakistan-panama-denmark-and-greece-elected-to-un-security-council\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T21:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:03:04","slug":"somalia-pakistan-panama-denmark-and-greece-elected-to-un-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/somalia-pakistan-panama-denmark-and-greece-elected-to-un-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia, Pakistan, Panama, Denmark and Greece elected to UN Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, whose terms end on 31 December.<\/p>\n

In a secret ballot, the elected countries secured the required two-thirds majority of Member States present and voting in the 193-member General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The new members will join existing non-permanent members Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia, whose terms started on 1 January. The five permanent Council members, each wielding veto power, are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n

Under the\u00a0UN Charter, the 15-member\u00a0Security Council\u00a0holds primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and all Member States are obligated to comply with its decisions.<\/p>\n

Regional groups<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The 10 non-permanent seats on the Security Council are distributed according to four regional groupings: Africa and Asia; Eastern Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; and the Western European and other States group.<\/p>\n

The candidates this year vied for five seats under three regional groups: two for African and Asia-Pacific (one each); one for Latin America and the Caribbean; and two for Western Europe and other States.<\/p>\n

The newly elected members were endorsed by their respective regional groups and ran largely uncontested.<\/p>\n

Vote tally<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Overall, 190 Member States participated in the election, which required only a single round of balloting.<\/p>\n

In the African and Asia-Pacific group, Pakistan received 182 votes and Somalia garnered 179 votes, with five countries abstaining.<\/p>\n

In the Latin America and the Caribbean group, Panama obtained 183 votes and Argentina one, with six countries abstaining.<\/p>\n

In the Western European and other States group, Denmark received 184 votes, Greece 182 votes, and Italy and Norway each receiving one vote; two countries abstained.<\/p>\n

In the Western European and other States group, Denmark received 184 votes, Greece 182 votes, and Italy and Norway each receiving one vote; two countries abstained.<\/p>\n

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