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39th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 51st Session
The General Assembly this morning elected Costa Rica, Japan, Kenya, Portugal and Sweden to two-year terms on the Security Council, filling non- permanent seats to be vacated on 31 December by Botswana, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia and Italy.
Those elections were determined during two rounds of balloting, with Japan, Kenya and Sweden obtaining the required two-thirds majority during the first round. The elections of Costa Rica and Portugal were determined during the second round of voting, which followed Bolivia's withdrawal of its candidature.
The newly elected non-permanent members will assume their Council seats on 1 January 1997. The five non-permanent Security Council members which will serve for another year, until 31 December 1997, are Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland and the Republic of Korea.
The General Assembly met this morning to elect five non-permanent Security Council members to fill seats to be vacated on 31 December by Botswana, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia and Italy. Those five States were not eligible for immediate re-election.
The new non-permanent members will serve two-year terms beginning on 1 January 1997, and will be elected as follows: two from African and Asian States; one from Latin American and Caribbean States; and two from Western European and Other States. Candidates must receive a two-thirds majority of the Member States present and voting to be elected.
The five non-permanent members which will serve for another year are Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland and the Republic of Korea.
For further details please see official record:
A/51/PV.39
For further details please see source:
MEETINGS COVERAGE
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