UN GA Elects Poland as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council

03 June, 2017

English edition of Asharq Al-Awsat - the world's premier pan-Arab daily.

The 193-member Assembly has been voting to elect five non-permanent members of the 15-nation council on Friday morning.

The oil-rich African nation of Equatorial Guinea won overwhelming support from the U.N. General Assembly for a coveted two-year seat on the Security Council Friday despite opposition from human rights groups - along with Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru and Poland.

In a separate by-election, the Assembly voted in favour of the Netherlands assuming the Council seat that Italy was due to vacate on 31 December.

According to the rules, the Security Council non-permanent seats should be distributed as five from African and Asian states; one from Eastern European states; two from Latin American states and two from Western European and other states.

They will fill seats to be vacated by Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay on 31 December.

The Security Council is composed of five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which all have a right to impose veto. It served as a non-permanent member of the Security Council in 1978 and 1979.

It also said it was looking forward to representing its regional grouping and to refer its concerns to the Security Council in order to contribute to security and stability at the regional and worldwide levels.

The powerful UN Security Council is made up of 10 elected members and five permanent veto-wielding powers- the United States, Britain, France, China and Russian Federation.

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