Five new countries to join Security Council as non-permanent members
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General Assembly holds elections for five new non-permanent members of the Security Council
Five countries have been elected to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda will begin their two-year terms in January 2013.
The decision follows a vote in the General Assembly on Thursday.
Dianne Penn reports.
The General Assembly is where all 193 UN member states have a voice, and candidates needed to secure a two-thirds majority, or 128 votes.
The Security Council consists of five permanent members—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, which have the right of veto—and 10 non-permanent members.
The newly elected members will replace Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal and South Africa, whose terms end in December.
The remaining non-permanent members—Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo—will serve until the end of 2013.
Dianne Penn, United Nations.
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