The 2015 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2015[1] during the 70th 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 2016. 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,[2] the five available seats are allocated as follows:
- Two for the African Group (held by Chad and Nigeria)
- One for the Asia-Pacific Group (held by Jordan)
- One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group (held by Chile)
- One for the Eastern European Group (held by Lithuania)
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The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2016–17 period. The countries elected were Egypt, Senegal, Uruguay, Japan, and Ukraine. In each vote there were as many vacancies as there were candidates on the ballot.
This was the last time a Security Council election was held in the month of October.[1] On 18 September 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/307 to push the elections back to six months prior to the beginning of the newly elected Council members' terms.[3]
Candidates
editAfrican Group
editAsia-Pacific Group
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Bangladesh[6] — Withdrew on 6 September 2014 in favour of Japan.[7]
Japan[8]
Latin American and Caribbean Group
editEastern European Group
editResult
editAfrican and Asia-Pacific Groups
edit| African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[11] | |
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| Member | Round 1 |
 Senegal |
187 |
 Japan |
184 |
 Egypt |
179 |
| valid ballots | 191 |
| invalid ballots | 1 |
| abstentions | 1 |
| present and voting | 190 |
| required majority | 127 |
Latin American and Caribbean Group
edit| Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[11] | |
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| Member | Round 1 |
 Uruguay |
185 |
| valid ballots | 191 |
| invalid ballots | 1 |
| abstentions | 6 |
| present and voting | 185 |
| required majority | 124 |
Eastern European Group
edit| Eastern European Group election results[11] | |
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| Member | Round 1 |
 Ukraine |
177 |
| valid ballots | 191 |
| invalid ballots | 1 |
| abstentions | 14 |
| present and voting | 177 |
| required majority | 118 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Security Council Elections 2015" (PDF). Security Council Report. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 18 Resolution 1991. Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council A/RES/1991(XVIII)
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 68 Resolution 307. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly A/RES/68/307 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Security Council Elections: Options after Saudi Arabia Rejects its Seat". What's in Blue?. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Senegal favors Morocco's return to AU". Saudi Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Australia to support Bangladesh for UN Security Council for 2016–17". Bangladesh Business News. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Bangladesh Withdraws from UN Security Council Candidature in Japan's Favour". NDTV. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. January 11, 2011.
- ^ "'We Must Move Forward!' Assembly President Says, Challenging Member States to Be Brave Enough to Reject Static Positions, Make United Nations Better". United Nations. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine to seek election to UN Security Council in autumn". UNIAN. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b c United Nations General Assembly Session 70 Verbatim record 33. A/70/PV.33 page 2. 15 October 2015 at 10 a.m. Retrieved 4 August 2024.