FIVE NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO UNSC

FIVE NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO UNSC

The UN General Assembly has elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation’s most powerful body.  Chad, Saudi Arabia and Lithuania have never served on the most powerful UN body while Nigeria and Chile have both been on the council four times previously.  To be elected, a country must win support from two-thirds of the 193 General Assembly members, or 129 votes.

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