The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms.[1][2] A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.[3]
In accordance with the 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,[4] the five available seats are allocated as follows:
Two for African countries, one of them being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Congo and Ghana)
To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.
ResultEdit
Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. There was a total of 158 ballot papers.
^Resolution 1991 A (XVIII), dated 1963-12-17, in force 1965-08-31.
^"Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
External linksEdit
UN Document A/42/PV.40 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 15 October 1987
UN Document A/59/881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004
October 24, 2023
1987, united, nations, security, council, election, held, october, 1987, during, forty, second, session, united, nations, general, assembly, held, united, nations, headquarters, york, city, general, assembly, elected, algeria, brazil, nepal, senegal, yugoslavi. The 1987 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 1987 during the Forty second session of the United Nations General Assembly held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City The General Assembly elected Algeria Brazil Nepal Senegal and Yugoslavia as the five new non permanent members of the UN Security Council for two year mandates commencing on 1 January 1988 1987 United Nations Security Council election 1986 15 October 1987 1988 5 of 10 non permanent seats on the United Nations Security CouncilMembers before election People s Republic of the Congo Africa Ghana Africa United Arab Emirates Asia Arab Venezuela LatAm amp Car Bulgaria E Europe New Members Senegal Africa Algeria Africa Arab Nepal Asia Brazil LatAm amp Car Yugoslavia E Europe Unsuccessful candidates Morocco African Group Contents 1 Rules 2 Result 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRules EditThe Security Council has 15 seats filled by five permanent members and ten non permanent members Each year half of the non permanent members are elected for two year terms 1 2 A sitting member may not immediately run for re election 3 In accordance with the 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 4 the five available seats are allocated as follows Two for African countries one of them being the Arab Swing Seat held by Congo and Ghana One for the Asian Group now the Asia Pacific Group 5 held by the United Arab Emirates One for Latin America and the Caribbean held by Venezuela One for the Eastern European Group held by Bulgaria To be elected a candidate must receive a two thirds majority of those present and voting If the vote is inconclusive after the first round three rounds of restricted voting shall take place followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting and so on until a result has been obtained In restricted voting only official candidates may be voted on while in unrestricted voting any member of the given regional group with the exception of current Council members may be voted on Result EditVoting was conducted on a single ballot Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated There was a total of 158 ballot papers Member Round 1 Round 2 nbsp Brazil 151 nbsp Yugoslavia 146 nbsp Nepal 144 nbsp Senegal 132 nbsp Algeria 104 113 nbsp Morocco 61 42 nbsp Nigeria 2 nbsp Benin 1 nbsp Guyana 1 nbsp India 1 nbsp Libya 1 nbsp Pakistan 1 nbsp Romania 1 abstentions 0 3invalid ballots 0 0required majority 106 104See also EditList of members of the United Nations Security Council Brazil and the United NationsReferences Edit United Nations Security Council 2008 Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council p 178 ISBN 9789211370300 Conforti Benedetto 2005 The law and practice of the United Nations Martinus Nijhoff Publishers p 61 ISBN 9004143092 Charter of the United Nations Article 23 Resolution 1991 A XVIII dated 1963 12 17 in force 1965 08 31 Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia Pacific group Radio New Zealand International 2011 08 31 External links EditUN Document A 42 PV 40 Official record of General Assembly meeting 15 October 1987 UN Document A 59 881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 United Nations Security Council election amp oldid 1140097296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
