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New York, June 3 (Petra) — The United Nations General Assembly on
Wednesday elected five new members to the U.N. Security Council,
replacing five countries whose terms will expire at the end of this
year.
Trinidad and Tobago won, unopposed, the seat allocated to the Latin
American and Caribbean Group, succeeding Panama. Zimbabwe was also
elected unopposed to the seat designated for the African Group,
replacing Somalia.
Austria and Portugal secured the two seats allocated to the Western
European and Other States Group, defeating Germany, and will replace
Greece and Denmark. Kyrgyzstan won the seat allocated to the
Asia-Pacific Group, defeating the Philippines, and will succeed
Pakistan.
The General Assembly elects the Security Council’s 10 non-permanent
members to two-year terms based on an agreed geographical
distribution, with five members elected each year.
//Petra// AF
