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2011 United Nations Security Council election
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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
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United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members
Members before election
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (Africa)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Africa)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon (Asia–Pacific)a
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (GRULAC)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (EEG)

Elected Members
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo (Africa)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (Africa)a
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (Asia–Pacific)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala (GRULAC)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (EEG)

Unsuccessful candidates
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (Asian Group)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (Eastern European Group)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan (Asian Group)
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania (African Group)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (Eastern European Group)

The 2011 United Nations Security Council election was held on 21 and 24 October 2011 [1] during the Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, and Togo, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2012. Azerbaijan was elected after 17 rounds on 24 October, while the other four new members were chosen on 21 October. [2]

Contents

Notably, Azerbaijan and Guatemala were elected to the Council for the first time.

Rules

The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. [3] [4] A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election. [5]

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, [6] the five available seats are allocated as follows: [7]

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. [9]

Candidates

Guatemala [10] indicated it would run for the 2012–2013 term, for the seat currently occupied by Brazil. At that time, Guatemala was one of only six original UN Members to have never held a seat on the Security Council.[ citation needed ]

Azerbaijan, [11] Hungary, [12] [13] and Slovenia [14] [15] all announced their intention to run for the single Eastern European seat. Though Armenia did not run for the seat, the Azerbaijani Trend news agency had previously reported about an Armenian withdrawal of its bid, while reading the alleged candidature as "certainly viewed as Armenia's defeat". [16] The Arab League indicated it would support Azerbaijan's candidature. [17]

Mauritania, Morocco and Togo sought to be elected to the two African seats. [18]

Pakistan had announced its intention to run for the single Asian seat in October 2010. A Pakistani diplomat noted that Pakistan had supported India's candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the 2010 election, and hoped that India would support Pakistan's candidacy in 2011. [19] Fiji had originally sought to run for the seat, but deferred in Pakistan's favour. [20] Kyrgyzstan has also made known its candidacy on 22 September 2011. [21] [22]

Result

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific States election results [23]
MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 151——
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 129——
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 119119131
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 987261
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 55——
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1——
valid ballots193193193
abstentions021
present and voting193191192
required majority129128128

Fiji had already withdrawn its campaign in favour of Pakistan before the election. [24]

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results [23]
MemberRound 1
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 191
valid ballots193
abstentions2
present and voting191
required majority128

Eastern European Group

Day 1

Eastern European Group election results – day one [23] [25]
MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 749093939396100110113
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 679799989895918077
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52———1————
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia —————11——
valid ballots193188193192193193193191191
invalid ballots050000000
abstentions011111111
present and voting193187192191192192192190190
required majority129125128128128128128127127

After eight rounds of inconclusive voting, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser initially decided to reschedule the next round of voting for 24 October following the election of members to the Economic and Social Council. However, Azerbaijan requested the ballot be continued for one more hour; the request was agreed to after Russian support despite opposition from France on the basis of a lack of translation services. [9]

Though Estonia had not applied as a candidate, the 6th and 7th rounds, which were unrestricted, each featured one vote for them. [26]

Day 2

Eastern European Group election results – day two [27] [28]
MemberRound 10Round 11Round 12Round 13Round 14Round 15Round 16Round 17
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 110110111111110117116155
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8382818081767713
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary ———————1
valid ballots193193193192192193193193
abstentions011110024
present and voting193192192191191193193169
required majority129128128128128129129113

After seven additional inconclusive rounds of voting on 24 October, Slovenia's delegation told the General Assembly that while it believed Slovenia would be a good addition for the Security Council, it did not approve of the way in which the election was being held and was withdrawing its candidacy, observing that "the current result speaks for itself and the object of this body’s support is obvious". [29] In the 17th round that followed, Azerbaijan achieved the necessary 2/3 majority and won the Eastern European seat. [30]

Ramifications

With the election of Pakistan to the Security Council, seven of the nine countries known to have nuclear weapons were members of the Council in 2012: China, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom. (The two nuclear powers not on the Council in 2012 were Israel and North Korea.) [31]

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