1967 United Nations Security Council election

1967 United Nations Security Council election

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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Members before election   Mali (Africa)   Nigeria (Africa)   Japan (Asia)   Argentina (LatAm&Car) Bulgaria (E. Europe) New Members   Senegal (Africa)   Algeria (Africa, Arab)   Pakistan (Asia)   Paraguay (LatAm&Car) Hungary (E. Europe)

The 1967 United Nations Security Council election was held on 6 November 1967 during the Twenty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Algeria, Hungary, Pakistan, Paraguay, and Senegal, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1968. Algeria and Senegal saw their first election into the council.

Rules

^{[1] [2]} A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election. ^[3]

In accordance with the 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, ^[4] the five available seats are allocated as follows:

• Two for African countries, one of which being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Mali and Nigeria)
• One for the Asian Group (now the Asia-Pacific Group ^[5] ) (held by Japan)
• One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Argentina)
• One for the Eastern European Group (held by Bulgaria)

To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.

Member	Round 1
Pakistan	118
Senegal	110
Algeria	108
Hungary	105
Paraguay	101
Romania	3
Albania	2
Tunisia	2
Uruguay	2
Chile	1
Cyprus	1
Republic of the Congo	1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1
Cuba	1
Dahomey	1
Ecuador	1
Madagascar	1
Malawi	1
Morocco	1
Peru	1
Yugoslavia	1
abstentions	0
invalid ballots	0
required majority	79

Source: ^[6]

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council
• Pakistan and the United Nations

References

1. United Nations Security Council (2008), Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council, United Nations Publications, p. 178, ISBN   9789211370300
2. Conforti, Benedetto (2005), The law and practice of the United Nations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, p. 61, ISBN   9004143092
3. Charter of the United Nations, Article 23
4. Resolution 1991 A (XVIII), dated 1963-12-17, in force 1965-08-31.
5. "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
6. U.N. General Assembly, 22nd session. Official Record of the One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-fifth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Monday, 6 November 1967. (A/PV.1595) 6 November 1967

External links

• UN Document A/59/881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004