United Nations Security Council election, 2011

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United Nations Security Council election, 2011
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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council

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Composition of the UNSC after the 2011 election
Members before election

Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (Africa)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Africa)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (LatAm&Car)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon (Asia, Arab)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (E. Europe)

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New Members






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.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]

Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The Sixty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 13 September 2011 at 15:00 and was presided over by former Qatari permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. The session ended on 18 September as al-Nasser symbolically passed the gavel to the president of the next session, Vuk Jeremic.

New York City Largest city in the United States

The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States and in the U.S. state of New York. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

Azerbaijan Country in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km long border with Turkey in the northwest.

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]

United Nations Regional Groups geopolitical regional groups of the UN

The United Nations Regional Groups are the geopolitical regional groups of the Member States of the United Nations. Originally, United Nations Member States were unofficially grouped into five geopolitical regional groups. However, what began as an informal means of sharing the distribution of posts for United Nations bodies quickly took on a much more expansive role. Depending on the context, the regional groups control elections to United Nations-related positions, on the basis of geographic representation, as well as coordinate substantive policy, and form common fronts for negotiations and voting.

United Nations geoscheme for Africa

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the UN and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes.

Gabon country in Africa

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and its population is estimated at 2 million people. Its capital and largest city is Libreville.

Nigeria Federal republic in West Africa

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.

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 ]

Guatemala republic in Central America

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. With an estimated population of around 16.6 million, it is the most populated country in Central America. Guatemala is a representative democracy; its capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City.

Brazil Federal republic in South America

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.

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 Group

African Group election results
MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 151——
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 119119131
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 987261
abstentions 021
required majority 129128128

Asia-Pacific Group

Asia-Pacific Group election results
MemberRound 1
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 129
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 55
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1

Fiji had already withdrawn its campaign in favour of Pakistan before the election. [23]

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Guatemala ran unopposed for the GRULAC seat, and was elected with 191 votes in the first round of voting, with two abstentions. [9]

Eastern European Group

Day One

Eastern European Group election results — day one
MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9 [2]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 74 90 93 93 98 96 100 110 113
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 67 97 99 98 93 95 91 80 77
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52 — — — 1 — — — —
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia — — — — — 1 1 — —
ballot papers 193 193 193 192 193 193 193 191 191
abstentions — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
invalid votes — 5 — — — — — — —
required majority 129 125 128 128 128 128 128 127 127

After eight rounds of inconclusive voting, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser initially decided to re-schedule 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 round, which was unrestricted, featured one vote for them. [24]

Day Two

Eastern European Group election results — day two
MemberRound 10Round 11Round 12Round 13Round 14Round 15Round 16Round 17
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 110 110 111 111 110 117 116155
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 83 82 81 80 81 76 77 13
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary — — — — — — — 1
ballot papers 193 193 193 192 192 193 193 193
abstentions — 1 1 1 1 — — 24
required majority 129 128 128 128 128 129 129 113

After 7 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 as the "will of the Assembly was clear". [25] [26] In the 17th round that followed, Azerbaijan achieved the necessary 2/3 majority and won the Eastern European seat. [27]

Ramifications

With the election of Pakistan to the Security Council, seven of the nine countries known to have nuclear weapons are 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 are Israel and North Korea). [28]

See also

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