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This time, the regional groups put forward Somalia for an African seat, Pakistan for an Asia-Pacific seat, Panama for a Latin America and Caribbean seat, and Denmark and Greece for two mainly Western seats. The freshly elected council members will start their terms on Jan. 1, replacing those whose two-year terms end on Dec. 31 — Mozambique, Japan, Ecuador, Malta, and Switzerland.
Somalia was elected recently to serve on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for two years. Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama also got seats on the U.N. Security Council in a secret ballot in the General Assembly.
The 193-member world body elected five countries. The 10 non-permanent seats on the 15-member council are allotted to regional groups that usually select their candidates but sometimes can’t agree on one. There were no such surprises this year.
This time, the regional groups put forward Somalia for an African seat, Pakistan for an Asia-Pacific seat, Panama for a Latin America and Caribbean seat, and Denmark and Greece for two mainly Western seats. The freshly elected council members will start their terms on Jan. 1, replacing those whose two-year terms end on Dec. 31 — Mozambique, Japan, Ecuador, Malta, and Switzerland.
They will join the five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France — and the five countries elected last year — Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia.
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The Security Council is charged with maintaining international peace and security. But because of Russia’s veto power, it has been unable to take action on Ukraine — and because of close U.S. ties to Israel, it has not called for a cessation of hostilities in Gaza. All five countries that won seats on Thursday have previously served on the Security Council – Pakistan seven times, Panama five times, Denmark four times, Greece twice, and Somalia once.
