United Nations Security Council election, 2016

United Nations Security Council election, 2016
United Nations
2016
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Elected Members before election






 New Elected Members

TBD

The 2016 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2016 during the 71st 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 2017. 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:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2017–18 period.

Candidates

African Group

Asia-Pacific Group

Western European and Others Group

Public Statements About Candidates

  1. "based on the solid successes of Kazakhstan to establish CICA, Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Kazakhstan, like no other country, deserves special trust and is a suitable candidate for a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council." - William Courtney, Former US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 13 June 2014.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
  2. ↑ "EAC member states endorse Kutesa for UN". New Vision. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Seychelles bids for UN Security Council seat". Associated Press. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Secretary-General, Opening Annual General Debate, Urges World Leaders to Tackle Global Challenges Decisively for Sake of Future Generations". United Nations. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Minister Describes Use of Force to Address Problems as ‘Ineffective, Meaningless and Destructive’, on Fourth Day of General Assembly’s Annual Debate". United Nations. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Ashayagachat, Achara (4 September 2013). "PM gears up for historic UN speech". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The EU, the UN and Collective Security. Making Multilateralism Effective". Istituto Affari Internazionali. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Kazakhstan and USA successfully develop strategic partnership". FinInfo.