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Next round of voting in UN General Assembly does not reveal winner of election for UNSC non-permanent member

Politics Materials 24 October 2011 22:25 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 24 /Trend/

The next round of voting in the UN General Assembly has not revealed the winner of the election for UN Security Council non-permanent member between Azerbaijan and Slovenia.

Azerbaijan gained 110 votes, Slovenia - 83.

The new round will take place at 15:00 local time (00:00 with Baku time).

The elections of the non-permanent members to the UN Security Council were held in New York on Oct. 21.

Several rounds of voting in the UN headquarters for the election as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2012-2013 from Eastern European countries ended without result. None of the countries could overcome the barrier in two-thirds vote which is necessary by the UN Charter.

Azerbaijan did not get just 14 votes to win elections.

So it was decided to postpone a voting on Monday, October 24.

As a result of other ballots Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala and Togo become new non-permanent UNSC members.

The Council is composed of five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and ten non-permanent members. Ten non-permanent members are elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms and not eligible for immediate re-election. Contrast to the "Big Five", they do not have veto power.

The so-called regional groups nominate the country's candidacy for the elections. So, five candidates - Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo were nominated from Africa and Asia Pacific region. They struggle for the three places to be vacated from Dec. 31, 2011 - Gabon Lebanon and Nigeria.

Only one candidate-Guatemala was nominated to a place to be vacated by Brazil.
According to regulations, the election of non-permanent members is performed by secret
ballot.

All of the nine candidate countries, except Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and
Guatemala, previously were elected non-permanent members of the UNSC.

Based on the Article 23 of the UN Charter, the General Assembly elects ten non-permanent Security Council members, paying attention in the first instance to the country's participation in the maintenance of international peace and security and achieve other objectives.

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