1963 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 1963 United Nations Security Council election 18, 25 October; 1 November 1963 New Members Philippines 1936 (Asia)Ghana (Africa) Venezuela 1954 (LatAm&Car) Members Three of six non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council United Nations 1964 1964 United Nations Security Council election 1962 1962 United Nations Security Council election no legislative Czechoslovakia (EEG)Ivory Coast (Africa) Bolivia state (LatAm&Car)The 1963 United Nations Security Council election was held on 18 October, 30 October, and 1 November during the eighteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected four members through consultation of the president, as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1964. Rules United Nations Security CouncilThe Security Council had eleven seats, filled by five permanent members and six non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms.United Nations Security Council Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council https://books.google.com/books?id=C0FR2aSR1SoC&pg=PA178 178 2008 United Nations Publications 9789211370300 3 November 2011Conforti Benedetto The law and practice of the United Nations https://books.google.com/books?id=eOdMqtyxOS8C&pg=PA61 61 2005 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 9004143092 3 November 2011 A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.Charter of the United Nations, Article 23 Candidates must reach a required two-thirds majority to be elected to the United Nations Security Council.U.N. General Assembly, 18th session. Official Record of the One Thousand Two Hundred and Forty-sixth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 18 October 1963. (A/PV.1246) 18 October 1963 Result At this time, the United Nations had 113 member states (for a timeline of UN membership, see Enlargement of the United Nations).Growth in United Nations membership, 1945-present https://www.un.org/en/sections/member-states/growth-united-nations-membership-1945-present/index.html 2015-08-06 The United Nations en live https://web.archive.org/web/20160404175701/http://www.un.org:80/en/sections/member-states/growth-united-nations-membership-1945-present/index.html 4 April 2016 2020-05-01 There were three open seats, as the Philippines, Ghana, and Venezuela were retiring. Mr. Dashtseren (Mongolia) and Mr. Lynch-Shyllon (Sierra Leone) served as tellers. The first ballot was unrestricted, with seven candidacies for three seats. The Ivory Coast and Bolivia were elected to permanent seats and Czechoslovakia and Malaysia moved on to a restricted second round of voting. After three unclear ballots, the council reverted to an unrestricted ballot. As no nation received a majority, the elections were suspended for another day. The General Assembly reconvened on 25 October 1963, and held five further ballots, and again on November 1, when a third member was elected.U.N. General Assembly, 18th session. Official Record of the One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-second Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 25 October 1963. (A/PV.1252) 25 October 1963U.N. General Assembly, 18th session. Official Record of the One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-fourth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 1 November 1963. (A/PV.1254) 1 November 1963 MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 10Round 12Ivory Coast92Bolivia state86Czechoslovakia635555545656585656585689Malaysia565252545155525454515310Indonesia1Lebanon11Nigeria1Cambodia1Honduras 19491Ballots109109109110110111110110110109110102Abstentions122210000003Votes10810710710810911111011011010911099 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council References Sources External links UN Document A/59/881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004 Category:1963 elections 1963 Category:1963 in international relations Security Council election