Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, speaks at the UN headquarters in New York. FILE PHOTO | AFP
By REUTERS
In Summary
Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Bolivia were elected to the
United Nations Security Council on Tuesday for 2017-18, but further
voting was due to take place to decide the final seat with Italy and the
Netherlands almost locked in a tie.
After three rounds of voting by the 193-member UN General
Assembly, The Netherlands had 96 votes, while Italy had 94. Countries
need more than two-thirds of the vote to win a seat.
The General Assembly elected Sweden with 134 votes in favour,
Ethiopia with 185 and Bolivia with 183 in the first round of voting.
Kazakhstan beat Thailand with 138 votes in favour in the second round of
voting.
The new members will replace Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela on the council from January 1, 2017.
The council is made up of 10 elected members - five voted on
each year - and five permanent veto-powers who are the United States,
Britain, France, China and Russia.
The council is the only UN body that can make legally binding decisions.
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