General Assembly: Election of the Non-Permanent Members of the Security Council - 75th Plenary Meeting, 77th Session
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This morning, the Assembly in one round of voting elected five non-permanent Council members for two-year terms to replace members whose terms expire on 31 December 2023. They included Algeria, Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone to the three seats open for African and Asia-Pacific States; Slovenia to the single seat open for the Eastern European States, defeating Belarus; and Guyana to the single seat open for Latin American and Caribbean States. nbsp;Their two-year terms will end on 1 January 2026.
Before adjourning, the President of the General Assembly announced the election of the following representatives as Chairpersons of the Assembly’s main committees at its seventy-eighth session: Rytis Paulauskas (Lithuania) for the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security); Carlos Amorín (Uruguay) for the Second Committee (Economic and Financial); Alexander Marschik (Austria) for the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural); Mathu Joyini (South Africa) for the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization); Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud (Egypt) for the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary); and Suriya Chindawongse (Thailand) for the Sixth Committee (Legal).
The General Assembly will meet again at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 June, to address protracted conflicts in the GUAM area (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and the Republic of Moldova) and their implications for international peace, security and development.
Before adjourning, the President of the General Assembly announced the election of the following representatives as Chairpersons of the Assembly’s main committees at its seventy-eighth session: Rytis Paulauskas (Lithuania) for the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security); Carlos Amorín (Uruguay) for the Second Committee (Economic and Financial); Alexander Marschik (Austria) for the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural); Mathu Joyini (South Africa) for the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization); Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud (Egypt) for the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary); and Suriya Chindawongse (Thailand) for the Sixth Committee (Legal).
The General Assembly will meet again at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 June, to address protracted conflicts in the GUAM area (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and the Republic of Moldova) and their implications for international peace, security and development.
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