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UN / PGA SECURITY COUNCIL ECOSOC ELECTIONS
STORY: UN / PGA SECURITY COUNCIL ECOSOC ELECTIONS
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DATELINE: 17 JUNE 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
17 JUNE 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, US delegation casting ballots
3. Various shots, Turkey delegation casting ballots
4. Various shots, Russia delegation casting ballots
5. Various shots, Israel delegation casting ballots
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. Wide shot, GA dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, United Nations General Assembly:
“Having obtained the required majority of members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, His Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir of Turkey is elected President of the General Assembly at the 75th session.”
9. Wide shot, General Assembly hall
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, United Nations General Assembly:
“Having obtained the required two-thirds majority of members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway are elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on 1 January 2021. I congratulate the states that have been elected members of the Security Council. There still remains one seat to be filled among the Africa and Asia-Pacific states. The General Assembly, in accordance with the decision 74/557, will hold the first restricted ballot on Thursday 18 June 2020 at 9 am, in the General Assembly Hall.”
11. Wide shot, GA dais
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, United Nations General Assembly:
“The following states are elected members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term, beginning on 1 January 2021; Argentina, Austria, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe. I congratulate the states that have been elected members of the Economic and Social Council.”
13. Wide shot, GA
Volkan Bozkir of Turkey was elected President of the 75th session of the General Assembly today (17 Jun), while India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway were elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term. 18 States were elected members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a 3-year term.
The President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, announced the results of the elections after member states separately cast their ballots.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elections were held simultaneously in the General Assembly hall by secret ballot without a plenary meeting.
Announcing the result of the PGA election, Muhammad-Bande said, “having obtained the required majority of members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, His Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir of Turkey is elected President of the General Assembly at the 75th session.”
The President of the GA congratulate the elected members of the Security Council and said, “there still remains one seat to be filled among the Africa and Asia-Pacific states.”
A restricted ballot will be held tomorrow to determine the remaining seat to be filled for the African States, as Djibouti and Kenya have not acquired the required majority.
Muhammad-Bande announced that Argentina, Austria, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe have been elected members of the Economic and Social Council.
The 18 candidates for ECOSOC run unopposed.
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