1959 United Nations Security Council election

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1959 United Nations Security Council election
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three of six non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Members before election

Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (Asia)
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg Canada (WEOG)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama (LatAm&Car)

New Members
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador (LatAm&Car)
Flag of Ceylon.svg  Ceylon (Asia)

The 1959 United Nations Security Council election was held between 12 October and 12 December during the fourteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected three members through consultation of the president, as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1960.

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Rules

The Security Council had 11 seats, filled by five permanent members and six non-permanent members before 1967. Each year, half of the non-permanent members were elected for two-year terms. [1] [2] A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election. [3]

Result

At this time, the United Nations had 81 member states (for a timeline of UN membership, see Enlargement of the United Nations). There were five candidacies for three seats. At the meeting on 12 October 1959, the President of the United Nations General Assembly proposed granting seats to Ecuador, and Ceylon, a motion that was approved by the assembly. Further discussion of the candidacies of Turkey and Poland was moved to another day.

Day 1

The first thirteen rounds of balloting were held on 12 October 1959 at the 825th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Ecuador, and Ceylon were elected in the first round, leaving only the WOEG seat vacant. As Poland and Turkey were the states with the highest number of votes contesting the Asian seat, in accordance with the rules, consecutive rounds of restricted voting would commence. In these rounds, only the two states that have attained the highest number of votes in the previous round (Poland and Turkey) could be voted on, any other votes would be considered invalid. After the thirteen rounds of voting failed to provide an election outcome, the meeting rose.

MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 11Round 12Round 13
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador 77––––––––––––
Flag of Ceylon.svg  Ceylon 72––––––––––––
Flag of Poland (1927-1980).svg Poland 46434546464648474847454646
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 36383635343433343334353634
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg Burma 1––––––––––––
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg Canada 1––––––––––––
abstentions0000000000000
invalid ballots0000000000000
required majority54545454545454545454545454
ballot papers81818181818181818181818181

Day 2

The next twelve rounds of balloting were held on 13 October 1959 at the 826th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Day 3

The next six rounds of balloting were held on 19 October 1959 at the 827th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Day 4

The next six rounds of balloting were held on 3 November 1959 at the 830th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Day 5

The next six rounds of balloting were held on 17 November 1959 at the 835th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Day 6

The next six rounds of balloting were held on 1 December 1959 at the 839th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Day 7

The final round of balloting was held on 12 December 1959 at the 845th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. During this round, the General Assembly was able to endorse an agreement. The president stated that "Poland will at this time be the only candidate for election as non-permanent member of the Security Council and, if elected, will serve in that capacity during the year 1960. As an integral part of the agreement reached, Poland will withdraw from the Council on 31 December 1960. This would mean that… Turkey would be the only candidate to fill the vacancy thus created on the Council and to serve as non-permanent member during the year 1961." [4] Therefore, Poland received 71 votes.

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References

  1. ↑ United Nations Security Council (2008), Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council, United Nations Publications, p. 178, ISBN   9789211370300 , retrieved 3 November 2011
  2. ↑ Conforti, Benedetto (2005), The law and practice of the United Nations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, p. 61, ISBN   9004143092 , retrieved 3 November 2011
  3. ↑ Charter of the United Nations, Article 23
  4. ↑ Ali Balci & Ayşenur Hazar (2021) Turkey in the UN Security Council during the Cold War: elections, voting motivations and alliance commitments, Middle Eastern Studies, 57:2, 279-291

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