The UN General Assembly elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation's most powerful body. The new members will begin their two-year term on January 01, 2014, replacing Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo.
Nigeria garnered 186 votes, Chad won 184 votes, Saudi Arabia 176, Lithuania 187 and Chile 186, said John William Ashe, the president of the UN General Assembly. Chad, Saudi Arabia and Lithuania have never served on the most powerful UN body while Nigeria and Chile have both been on the council four times previously. |
Friday, October 18, 2013
UNSC elects five new non permanent members
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