Five new rotating members to be elected for UN Security Council

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Xinhua

Five new rotating members to be elected for UN Security Council
08:16, October 12, 2010

UN member states are scheduled to elect five non-permanent members of the 15-nation UN Security Council on Tuesday, with two countries -- India and Colombia apparently done the deals, and Germany, Canada and Portugal competing for two seats, a senior UN official said here Monday.

Ion Botnaru, director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs Division, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, told a press conference here that the 192- nation General Assembly is scheduled to conduct the vote on Tuesday.

Candidates for this year's election include key regional players such as South Africa to represent the African Union (AU) -- currently held by Uganda -- India to embody Asia -- currently held by Japan -- Colombia taking stage in name of the Latin American region -- currently occupied by Mexico -- and Canada, Germany and Portugal vying for the seat for western Europe and other groups ( WEOG) -- at this point taken by Austria and Turkey, he said.

The newly elected members are scheduled to take up their seats on Jan. 1, 2011 and will serve on the Security Council for the period of 2011-2012.



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