UN / SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTION
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Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly and will join premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period. UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall, ballots being distributed
3. Various shots, candidates’ delegations
4. Various shots, ballots being collected
5. Wide shot, stewards holding ballot boxes
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. UPSOUND (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President, General Assembly:
“Number of votes obtained, Sierra Leone on 188. Algeria 184. Republic of Korea 180. Group B, number of votes obtained Slovenia 153. Belarus 38. Number of votes obtained, Guyana 191.”
8. Various shots, delegations celebrating
9. Wide shot, Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd walks up to lectern
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guyana:
“We affirm that Guyana's tenure will be guided by its firm adherence to the rule of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Our engagement as a Council Member will be aimed at contributing constructively to the mandates and to enhancing the wellbeing of our world's people.”
11. Wide shot, Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister David J. Francis walks up to lectern
12. SOUNDBITE (English) David J. Francis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sierra Leone:
“Today, it is a great day for the Republic of Sierra Leone to return to the United Nations Security Council after 53 years. Today is a great day for this small, but progressive, confident country, a country that has made the transition from war to peace, a country that is regarded now as a successful case of post war peace building and reconstruction, a country that has been used by the United Nations as a very example of what multilateralism and partnership can do to bring peace security and stability to war torn countries.”
13. Wide shot, Republic of Korea’s Ambassador Joonkook Hwang walks up to lectern
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joonkook Hwang, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Korea:
“We will give priority to four areas in the Security Council. First peacekeeping and peacebuilding. second WPS Woman, Peace and Security and third, the cyber security, and fourth climate security. In addition, we are ready to deal with other significant regional and thematic security considerations, including counterterrorism and the long standing DPRK issues, both nuclear and the human rights situation.”
15. Wide shot, Algeria's Ambassador Amar Bendjama walks up to lectern
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations: “Algeria will embrace this responsibility with a deep sense of humility, dedication and commitment, and will contribute as a responsible and credible partner to enable global action in the face of global challenges by presenting ideas and initiatives that would enhance the role of multilateralism and maintaining international peace and security, thus meeting the need and the expectation and the aspiration of all mankind.”
17. Wide shot, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon walks up to lectern
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia:
“We are very proud but humbled today, and very honoured to take over this very important task and count on us - I'm saying to all our partners in the world - we know how to listen, we know how to hear, and we know how to work together. And this organization is very important to us.”
19. Wide shot, Slovenia’s delegation
STORYLINE:
Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected today (6 Jun) as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly and will join premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period.
They were among six countries vying for five non-permanent seats around the Council’s horseshoe-shaped table that will become vacant at the end of the year.
After the election, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana said, “Guyana's tenure will be guided by its firm adherence to the rule of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Our engagement as a Council Member will be aimed at contributing constructively to the mandates and to enhancing the wellbeing of our world's people.”
Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister David J. Francis said his country is regarded “as a successful case of post war peace building and reconstruction,” and “has been used by the United Nations as a very example of what multilateralism and partnership can do to bring peace security and stability to war torn countries.”
The Republic of Korea’s Ambassador Joonkook Hwang said, “we will give priority to four areas in the Security Council. First peacekeeping and peacebuilding. second WPS Woman, Peace and Security and third, the cyber security, and fourth climate security. In addition, we are ready to deal with other significant regional and thematic security considerations, including counterterrorism and the long standing DPRK issues, both nuclear and the human rights situation.”
Algeria Ambassador Amar Bendjama, said, “Algeria will embrace this responsibility with a deep sense of humility, dedication and commitment, and will contribute as a responsible and credible partner to enable global action in the face of global challenges by presenting ideas and initiatives that would enhance the role of multilateralism and maintaining international peace and security, thus meeting the need and the expectation and the aspiration of all mankind.”
For her part, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said, “we are very proud but humbled today, and very honoured to take over this very important task and count on us - I'm saying to all our partners in the world - we know how to listen, we know how to hear, and we know how to work together. And this organization is very important to us.”
Slovenia beat Belarus in the race for Eastern Europe, receiving 153 votes versus 38, while Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and the Republic of Korea ran unopposed.
The Security Council is composed of 15 countries, five of which - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – are permanent members, granting them the right to veto any resolution or decision.
The 10 non-permanent members are elected by the General Assembly, which comprises all 193 UN Member States, and in line with geographical distribution by region.
Voting is conducted by secret ballot and candidates must receive a two-thirds majority, or 128 votes, even if they run uncontested.
Overall, 192 countries voted to fill three Council seats allocated to the Africa and Asia-Pacific Groups, and one each for Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
TRT: 05:26
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall, ballots being distributed
3. Various shots, candidates’ delegations
4. Various shots, ballots being collected
5. Wide shot, stewards holding ballot boxes
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. UPSOUND (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President, General Assembly:
“Number of votes obtained, Sierra Leone on 188. Algeria 184. Republic of Korea 180. Group B, number of votes obtained Slovenia 153. Belarus 38. Number of votes obtained, Guyana 191.”
8. Various shots, delegations celebrating
9. Wide shot, Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd walks up to lectern
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guyana:
“We affirm that Guyana's tenure will be guided by its firm adherence to the rule of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Our engagement as a Council Member will be aimed at contributing constructively to the mandates and to enhancing the wellbeing of our world's people.”
11. Wide shot, Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister David J. Francis walks up to lectern
12. SOUNDBITE (English) David J. Francis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sierra Leone:
“Today, it is a great day for the Republic of Sierra Leone to return to the United Nations Security Council after 53 years. Today is a great day for this small, but progressive, confident country, a country that has made the transition from war to peace, a country that is regarded now as a successful case of post war peace building and reconstruction, a country that has been used by the United Nations as a very example of what multilateralism and partnership can do to bring peace security and stability to war torn countries.”
13. Wide shot, Republic of Korea’s Ambassador Joonkook Hwang walks up to lectern
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joonkook Hwang, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Korea:
“We will give priority to four areas in the Security Council. First peacekeeping and peacebuilding. second WPS Woman, Peace and Security and third, the cyber security, and fourth climate security. In addition, we are ready to deal with other significant regional and thematic security considerations, including counterterrorism and the long standing DPRK issues, both nuclear and the human rights situation.”
15. Wide shot, Algeria's Ambassador Amar Bendjama walks up to lectern
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations: “Algeria will embrace this responsibility with a deep sense of humility, dedication and commitment, and will contribute as a responsible and credible partner to enable global action in the face of global challenges by presenting ideas and initiatives that would enhance the role of multilateralism and maintaining international peace and security, thus meeting the need and the expectation and the aspiration of all mankind.”
17. Wide shot, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon walks up to lectern
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia:
“We are very proud but humbled today, and very honoured to take over this very important task and count on us - I'm saying to all our partners in the world - we know how to listen, we know how to hear, and we know how to work together. And this organization is very important to us.”
19. Wide shot, Slovenia’s delegation
STORYLINE:
Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected today (6 Jun) as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly and will join premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period.
They were among six countries vying for five non-permanent seats around the Council’s horseshoe-shaped table that will become vacant at the end of the year.
After the election, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana said, “Guyana's tenure will be guided by its firm adherence to the rule of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Our engagement as a Council Member will be aimed at contributing constructively to the mandates and to enhancing the wellbeing of our world's people.”
Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister David J. Francis said his country is regarded “as a successful case of post war peace building and reconstruction,” and “has been used by the United Nations as a very example of what multilateralism and partnership can do to bring peace security and stability to war torn countries.”
The Republic of Korea’s Ambassador Joonkook Hwang said, “we will give priority to four areas in the Security Council. First peacekeeping and peacebuilding. second WPS Woman, Peace and Security and third, the cyber security, and fourth climate security. In addition, we are ready to deal with other significant regional and thematic security considerations, including counterterrorism and the long standing DPRK issues, both nuclear and the human rights situation.”
Algeria Ambassador Amar Bendjama, said, “Algeria will embrace this responsibility with a deep sense of humility, dedication and commitment, and will contribute as a responsible and credible partner to enable global action in the face of global challenges by presenting ideas and initiatives that would enhance the role of multilateralism and maintaining international peace and security, thus meeting the need and the expectation and the aspiration of all mankind.”
For her part, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said, “we are very proud but humbled today, and very honoured to take over this very important task and count on us - I'm saying to all our partners in the world - we know how to listen, we know how to hear, and we know how to work together. And this organization is very important to us.”
Slovenia beat Belarus in the race for Eastern Europe, receiving 153 votes versus 38, while Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and the Republic of Korea ran unopposed.
The Security Council is composed of 15 countries, five of which - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – are permanent members, granting them the right to veto any resolution or decision.
The 10 non-permanent members are elected by the General Assembly, which comprises all 193 UN Member States, and in line with geographical distribution by region.
Voting is conducted by secret ballot and candidates must receive a two-thirds majority, or 128 votes, even if they run uncontested.
Overall, 192 countries voted to fill three Council seats allocated to the Africa and Asia-Pacific Groups, and one each for Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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