Template:Infobox United Nations Security Council election odd/doc

Usage

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This 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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2013 United Nations Security Council election

← 2012 17 October and 6 December 2013 2014 →

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

United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members

Members before election
 Togo >(Africa)
 Morocco (Africa)a
 Pakistan (Asia–Pacific)
 Guatemala (GRULAC)
 Azerbaijan (EEG)

Elected Members
 Chad (Africa)
 Nigeria (Africa)
 Jordan (Asia–Pacific)a
 Chile (GRULAC)
 Lithuania (EEG)

{{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

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Election dateelection_date

The election date(s). May include more than one day. Must end in the four-digit year.

Example
17 October and 6 December 2013
Stringrequired
First outgoing African memberold_africa1

The first outgoing member from the African Group

Stringrequired
Second outgoing African memberold_africa2

The second outgoing member from the African Group

Stringrequired
Outgoing Asian memberold_asia

The outgoing member from the Asia–Pacific Group

Stringrequired
Outgoing American memberold_america

The outgoing member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group

Stringrequired
Outgoing European memberold_europe

The outgoing member from the Eastern European Group

Stringrequired
First incoming African membernew_africa1

The first incoming member from the African Group

Stringrequired
Second incoming African membernew_africa2

The second incoming member from the African Group

Stringrequired
Incoming Asian membernew_asia

The incoming member from the Asia–Pacific Group

Stringrequired
Incoming American membernew_america

The incoming member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group

Stringrequired
Incoming European membernew_europe

The incoming member from the Eastern European Group

Stringrequired
Sixth outgoing memberold6

A sixth outgoing member

Stringoptional
Sixth incoming membernew6

A sixth incoming member

Stringoptional
Sixth groupgroup6

The regional group of the sixth election (if any). Should be wikilinked and piped to the corresponding abbreviation.

Suggested values
[[African Group|Africa]] [[Group of Asia and the Pacific Small Island Developing States|Asia–Pacific]] [[Latin American and Caribbean Group|GRULAC]] [[Eastern European Group|EEG]] [[Western European and Others Group|WEOG]]
Stringoptional
Old group nameasia

Use pre-2011 "Asia" instead of post-2011 "Asia-Pacific"

Booleanoptional