AUSTRIA, JAPAN, MEXICO, TURKEY, UGANDA ELECTED UN SECURITY COUNCIL NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.10.2008 13:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In only one round of voting, the General Assembly
elected Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda to serve as five
non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms
beginning on 1 January 2009.

They will fill the seats that will be vacated by Belgium, Indonesia,
Italy, Panama and South Africa. Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia,
Libya and Viet Nam will continue to serve as elected Council members
during 2009, for the second year of their respective terms.

The five non-permanent members were elected according to the following
pattern: two from Africa and Asia, one from Western Europe and Other
States, and one from Latin America and the Caribbean, the UN News
Center reports.