UN Security Council elections
- Dawn Clancy
- • March 4, 2022
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Is Belarus’s current bid for a United Nations Security Council seat in serious trouble? Shortly after Russian missiles began ripping through the pre-dawn skies over Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and Kharkiv, an industrial city near the Russian border, a military…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 17, 2020
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An almost empty General Assembly Hall, masks of all types and colors and diplomats rejoicing to see their colleagues that they probably have seen only on their computer screens for months marked this year’s General Assembly elections at the…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • January 24, 2020
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Djibouti is vying with Kenya to win an elected seat in the United Nations Security Council for the 2021-22 term among the African bloc. The candidacy contest for the current open seat has revealed a rare open disagreement between…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council
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- Kacie Candela
- • May 28, 2018
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From the start, it was a closely watched contest pitting Germany, Belgium and Israel against one another for their regional bloc’s two seats in the next term on the United Nations Security Council. Israel has never held a seat on…
- Categories: General Assembly, Geopolitics, Middle East, Security Council
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 28, 2018
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Much ado — during 25 years of fruitless negotiations — has been made about the need for the United Nations General Assembly to achieve more equitable geographical representation in the UN Security Council. Article 23(1) of the UN Charter,…
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 28, 2016
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In a narrow vote conducted over seven hours amid five rounds of inconclusive balloting between Italy and the Netherlands for an elected seat on the United Nations Security Council, the two nations decided to split the two-year term. Italy…
- Categories: Security Council
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- Vesna Jaksic Lowe
- • May 25, 2016
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Thailand said it had no enemies, while Kazakhstan pointed out it had voluntarily given up the fourth-largest nuclear arsenal in the world more than two decades ago. Sweden emphasized it was militarily nonaligned. Italy, the only Mediterranean candidate, said…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council
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- Opinion by Helmut Volger
- • December 27, 2012
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BERLIN — When Germany began its two-year tenure in 2011 as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council, its diplomats promised to hold a debate on climate change and to improve the protection of children in…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council
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- A. Edward Elmendorf
- • November 4, 2012
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In his new book, “Living With the UN: American Responsibilities and International Order,” Kenneth Anderson forces readers who lean sympathetically toward the United Nations to consider why they support it despite its faults. On the other hand, the acerbic views…
- Categories: BOOKS, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 3, 2012
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As the five newly elected United Nations Security Council members prep for their seats, what will their work look like when they take office Jan. 1 for two years? It’s impossible to predict how the winners – Argentina, Australia,…
- Categories: Security Council
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- Mirva Lempiainen
- • October 7, 2012
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HELSINKI – As the United States prepares for its much-awaited presidential election on Nov. 6, another hotly contested vote is readying at the United Nations Security Council on Oct. 18. Numerous countries are vying for the five open nonpermanent…
- Categories: Security Council
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- Opinion by Ramesh Thakur
- • June 20, 2012
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CANBERRA — Come October, Australia will be competing with Finland and Luxembourg for two of the elected two-year seats open on the United Nations Security Council, starting next year. Why against Finland and Luxembourg and not others also…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Helmut Volger
- • October 27, 2011
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BERLIN — This month, the United Nations General Assembly elected Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo as nonpermanent members of the Security Council for the next two years. Three of the new members, Guatemala, Morocco and Pakistan, were elected…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council
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