2019 United Nations Security Council election

2019 United Nations Security Council election
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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members
Members before election
Ivory Coast (Africa)
Equatorial Guinea (Africa)
Kuwait (Asia–Pacific)a
Peru (GRULAC)
Poland (EEG)

Elected Members
Niger (Africa)
Tunisia (Africa)a
Vietnam (Asia–Pacific)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (GRULAC)
Estonia (EEG)

The 2019 United Nations Security Council election was held on 7 June during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2020.

In accordance with the Security Council's rotation 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,[1] the five available seats are allocated as follows:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2020–21 period.

Notably, St. Vincent and the Grenadines set a new record as the smallest ever Security Council member.[2] Both St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Estonia were elected to the Council for the first time.

Candidates

African Group

Asia-Pacific Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Eastern European Group

Results

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[10]
Member Round 1
 Vietnam 192
 Niger 191
 Tunisia 191
valid ballots 193
abstentions 0
present and voting 193
required majority 129

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[10]
Member Round 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 185
 El Salvador 6
valid ballots 193
abstentions 2
present and voting 191
required majority 128

Eastern European Group

Eastern European Group election results[10]
Member Round 1 Round 2
 Estonia 111 132
 Romania 78 58
 Georgia 1 —
 Latvia 1 —
valid ballots 193 192
abstentions 2 2
present and voting 191 190
required majority 128 127

See also

References

  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 18 Resolution 1991. Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council A/RES/1991(XVIII)
  2. ^ "St. Vincent and the Grenadines breaks a record, as smallest ever Security Council seat holder". UN News. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ^ "Ghana, Malta pledge to deepen ties". Graphic Online. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Tunisia vows to assert responsibility to represent Africa in bid for non-permanent seat in UNSC". Azania Post. 3 July 2018. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Viet Nam makes bilateral leap with Ukraine towards prosperity". Viet Nam News. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries". Commonwealth of Nations. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Estonia to the UN Security Council 2020-2021". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Gallery: Estonia gains non-permanent UN Security Council seat". ERR News. ERR. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  9. ^ "Agerpress". Agerpress. 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ a b c United Nations General Assembly Session 73 Verbatim record 89. A/73/PV.89 page 2. 7 June 2019 at 10 a.m. Retrieved 2 August 2024.