Template:Infobox United Nations Security Council election odd/doc
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Usage
editThis template creates an infobox for elections of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in odd-numbered years.
In line with the regional composition of the Security Council as determined by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1991 (XVIII), three members from the African Group or the Asia-Pacific Group, one member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group and one member from the Eastern European Group are elected in odd-numbered years. It is established practice that of the first three members, two should be from the African Group and one from the Asia-Pacific Group. Moreover, one seat is traditionally considered an Arab seat and alternates between African Arab states (elected in years preceding multiples of 4) and Asian Arab states (elected in years following multiples of 4).
The template assumes that these requirements are fulfilled and provides parameters for the outgoing and incoming members of the respective groups. Typically the arguments for these parameters should be three-letter country code flag template calls, e.g. {{GHA}}
, but some countries use a special state version of their flag at the United Nations, e.g. {{flagcountry|BOL|state}}
. The African Arab state must be specified as the second of the two African states.
In 2017, there was a sixth election because Italy and the Netherlands had agreed to share a two-year term. The optional parameters old6
, new6
and group6
allow such a case to be handled.
The election_date
parameter is free-form and may include more than one day if the election stretched over two days (as in 2020) or had to be supplemented at a later date (as in 2013). The only requirement is that it ends in the four-digit year (as this is extracted to create the links to the map and the previous and next elections).
Setting the asia
parameter (to any value) causes what is now known as the Asia-Pacific Group to be abbreviated as "Asia" instead of "Asia-Pacific", in line with the designation "Asian Group" in use before 2011.
For future elections, the incoming (and even the outgoing) members may be omitted, and the date may be just the year if no date has been set.
Example
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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council | |||||||||||||
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{{Infobox United Nations Security Council election odd
| election_date = 17 October and 6 December 2013
| old_africa1 = {{TOG}}
| old_africa2 = {{MAR}}
| old_asia = {{PAK}}
| old_america = {{GUA}}
| old_europe = {{AZE}}
| new_africa1 = {{CHA}}
| new_africa2 = {{NGR}}
| new_asia = {{JOR}}
| new_america = {{CHI}}
| new_europe = {{LTU}}
}}
TemplateData
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An infobox for elections to the United Nations Security Council in odd-numbered years
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Election date | election_date | The election date(s). May include more than one day. Must end in the four-digit year.
| String | required |
First outgoing African member | old_africa1 | The first outgoing member from the African Group | String | required |
Second outgoing African member | old_africa2 | The second outgoing member from the African Group | String | required |
Outgoing Asian member | old_asia | The outgoing member from the Asia–Pacific Group | String | required |
Outgoing American member | old_america | The outgoing member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group | String | required |
Outgoing European member | old_europe | The outgoing member from the Eastern European Group | String | required |
First incoming African member | new_africa1 | The first incoming member from the African Group | String | required |
Second incoming African member | new_africa2 | The second incoming member from the African Group | String | required |
Incoming Asian member | new_asia | The incoming member from the Asia–Pacific Group | String | required |
Incoming American member | new_america | The incoming member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group | String | required |
Incoming European member | new_europe | The incoming member from the Eastern European Group | String | required |
Sixth outgoing member | old6 | A sixth outgoing member | String | optional |
Sixth incoming member | new6 | A sixth incoming member | String | optional |
Sixth group | group6 | The regional group of the sixth election (if any). Should be wikilinked and piped to the corresponding abbreviation.
| String | optional |
Old group name | asia | Use pre-2011 "Asia" instead of post-2011 "Asia-Pacific" | Boolean | optional |