The UN headquarters in New York has today hosted elections of non-permanent
Security Council members for 2012-2013.
New non-permanent UNSC members
are Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala and Togo.
As a result of the third
round, one seat remains vacant, which is claimed by Azerbaijan and Slovenia from
the Eastern European group.
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 number of
non-permanent members was increased from six to ten by an amendment of the UN
Charter in 1965.
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.
From Eastern European States, Azerbaijan, Hungary and Slovenia claimed for places that Bosnia and Herzegovina will vacate in late 2011.
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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