United Nations Security Council election, 2008
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The 2008 United Nations Security Council election will begin on 16 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN 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 2009.
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, the five available seats are allocated as follows:
- One for Africa (held by South Africa)
- One for Asia (held by Indonesia)
- Two for the Western European and Others Group (held by Belgium and Italy)
- One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Panama)
The five members (elected by a simple majority of the General Assembly, in as many rounds of voting as it takes to achieve that majority) will serve on the Security Council for the 2009–10 period.
As of May 2007, three countries had announced themselves as candidates for the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council for the 2009–2010 term. Austria, Iceland and Turkey have all declared their intention to run for the WEOG seats. As there was a large controversy over the GRULAC seat in the previous election in 2006 between Venezuela and Guatemala (resolved by finally agreeing on Panama as a compromise candidate), it is possible that this dispute might arise again; however, Guatemala has since stated its intention to run for the 2012–13 next.
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