Guatemala, Morocco and Pakistan were elected non-permanent members of the Security Council today, as a result of the elections held in the UN General Assembly. Kyrgyzstan failed to gain the necessary two-thirds of the votes and was eliminated from the struggle. Azerbaijan will continue to fight for a seat on the UN Security Council with Slovenia in the second round of voting. The remaining seat will be contested beween Togo and Mauritania, ITAR-TASS reports.
The UN Security Council has five permanent members - Britain, China, Russia, the USA and France - and 10 rotating non-permanent members, elected every two years. In contrast to the five permanent members, they do not have the power of veto.
Azerbaijan and Slovenia in second round of elections to UN Security Council
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