United Nations Security Council Election, 2011 Information
Gabon (Africa) Nigeria (Africa) Brazil (LatAm&Car) Lebanon (Asia, Arab) Bosnia and Herzegovina (E. Europe)
The 2011 United Nations Security Council election will be held on October 21, 2011 [1] during the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly will elect five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2012.[2] (The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. A sitting member may not run for re-election.)
In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:
- Two for African countries (currently held by Gabon and Nigeria), with one of them being an Arab country
- One for Asian countries (currently held by Lebanon)
- One for Latin America and the Caribbean (currently held by Brazil)
- One for the Eastern European Group (currently held by Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Guatemala[3] has indicated it will run for the 2012–2013 term, for the seat currently occupied by Brazil. Guatemala is one of only six original UN Members that has never held a seat on the Security Council.
Azerbaijan[4], Hungary[5], and Slovenia[6][7] have all announced their intention to run for the single Eastern European seat. Armenia did not run for the seat, but it was reported by certain media as a candidate.[8]
Mauritania and Morocco are seeking to be elected to the single Arab and African seat. [9].
Japan and Pakistan have announced their intention to run for the single Asian seat. [10] [11] Fiji had planned to run for the seat, but deferred in Pakistan's favour.[12] Kyrgyzstan has also made known its candidacy for the seat on September 22, 2011[13]. Japan finished its most recent term on December 31, 2010 and has also announced its intention to run for a seat 2016-2017.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-13/kyrgyzstan-bets-on-air-base-woman-reformer-in-un-election.html
- ^ "Turkey may in fact become a regional power through the UNSC". Panarmenian.Net. 2008-10-14. http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=939. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ http://www.guatemalaun.org/candidaturacs.cfm
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://newyork.predstavnistvo.si/en
- ^ http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/foreign_policy/slovenia_for_the_un_security_council_2012_2013/
- ^ http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/68654/
- ^ http://www.oicun.org/11/
- ^ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110106p2g00m0in040000c.html
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-to-bid-for-non-permanent-UNSC-seat-next-year/Article1-613702.aspx
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/09/bid-for-unsc-seat.html
- ^ http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/kyrgyzstan/cache/offonce/pid/3072;jsessionid=C70A94DCA0B9F488CB851F54EC8AF073
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