1979 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 1979 United Nations Security Council election United Nations legislative no 1978 United Nations Security Council election 1978 1980 United Nations Security Council election 1980 5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council 26 October 1979–7 January 1980 SC Membership 1980.png Members (Africa) (Africa) (Asia, Arab)BOL state (LatAm&Car) (E. Europe) New Members left (Africa) left (Africa, Arab)left (Asia)left (LatAm&Car)left (E. Europe) The 1979 United Nations Security Council election was held from 26 October 1979 to 7 January 1980 during the Thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected East Germany, Mexico, Niger, the Philippines, and Tunisia, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing January 1980. Taking 155 rounds of voting to resolve, it remains the longest Security Council election in history. Additionally, this was the first time Niger was elected and the only time East Germany was elected member of the Council. Rules The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten 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 2008 178 United Nations Publications 9789211370300 https://books.google.com/books?id=C0FR2aSR1SoC&pg=PA178Benedetto Conforti The law and practice of the United Nations Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2005 61 9004143092 https://books.google.com/books?id=eOdMqtyxOS8C&pg=PA61 A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.Charter of the United Nations, Article 23 In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes,Resolution 1991 A (XVIII), dated 1963-12-17, in force 1965-08-31. the five available seats are allocated as follows: Two for African countries, one of which being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Gabon and Nigeria) One for the Asian Group (now the Asia-Pacific Group"Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.) (held by Kuwait) One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Bolivia) One for the Eastern European Group (held by Czechoslovakia) To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on. Results Day 1 MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5 143 – – – – 140 – – – – 133 – – – – 131 – – – – 77 79 78 79 80 68 66 66 65 61 Peru state – – – – 2 2 – – – – – – – – 1Bulgaria 1971 1 – – – – South Yemen 1 – – – – 1 – – – – Libya 1977 1 – – – – Romania 1965 1 – – – – 1 – – – –abstentions 0 3 3 4 3invalid ballots 0 0 0 0 0 required majority 99 97 96 96 96ballot papers 148 148 147 148 147 Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Forty-seventh Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 26 October 1979. (A/34/PV.47) 26 October 1979 MemberRound 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 11Round 12Round 13 80 84 83 81 79 80 79 79 62 60 61 63 66 65 64 65abstentions 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3invalid ballots 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0required majority 95 96 96 96 97 97 96 96ballot papers 145 148 147 147 148 148 147 147Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Forty-eighth Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 26 October 1979. (A/34/PV.48) 26 October 1979 Day 2 MemberRound 14Round 15Round 16Round 17Round 18Round 19 74 79 79 78 79 76 65 66 66 65 64 62Saint Lucia 1979 – – – 1 1 2 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 1abstentions 3 3 3 3 3 3 invalid ballots 0 1 0 1 0 1 required majority 93 97 97 96 96 95 ballot papers 142 148 148 148 147 146 Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Fiftieth Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Tuesday, 30 October 1979. (A/34/PV.50) 30 October 1979 Day 3 MemberRound 20Round 21Round 22Round 23Round 24Round 25Round 26Round 27Round 28 77 78 78 80 79 80 80 80 80 65 64 66 60 63 61 63 60 63 – – – 2 1 1 – – – – – – 1 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – –Honduras 1949 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – –Saint Lucia 1979 – – – 1 2 1 – – –abstentions 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1invalid ballots 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1required majority 98 95 96 98 96 97 96 94 95ballot papers 144 142 144 147 147 147 146 143 144Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Fifty-third Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 2 November 1979. (A/34/PV.53) 2 November 1979 Day 4 MemberRound 29Round 30Round 31Round 32Round 33Round 34Round 35Round 36Round 37Round 38Round 39Round 40 82 83 88 87 84 86 83 83 82 87 85 87 63 60 57 58 63 59 56 57 57 57 62 60 – – – – – – 2 1 – – – –Saint Lucia 1979 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – 1 – – – – – 1 – – – 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – –abstentions 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1invalid ballots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0required majority 98 97 98 97 98 97 96 96 96 96 98 98ballot papers 147 146 148 148 147 147 146 144 145 146 148 148Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Eighty-third Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Thursday, 29 November 1979. (A/34/PV.83) 29 November 1979 Day 5 MemberRound 41Round 42Round 43Round 44Round 45Round 46Round 47Round 48Round 49Round 50Round 51Round 52Round 53Round 54Round 55Round 56Round 57Round 58Round 59 83 85 85 86 86 86 82 86 80 79 82 80 82 82 80 81 84 81 84 58 58 58 59 61 60 62 60 61 65 63 63 63 60 62 59 62 62 62 1 1 1 – ––1 –––––––––––– ––1 – ––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––1 1 ––––Saint Lucia 1979 –––––––––––––1 ––––– ––––––––––––––1 1 ––– ––––––––––––––1 –––– –––––––––––––––1 –––abstentions 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1invalid ballots 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0required majority 95 96 97 97 98 98 97 98 94 96 97 96 97 96 97 97 98 96 98ballot papers 145 147 147 145 149 148 148 148 142 145 147 145 146 146 147 147 148 145 147Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Eighty-ninth Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Wednesday, 5 December 1979. (A/34/PV.89) 5 December 1979U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Ninetieth Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Wednesday, 5 December 1979. (A/34/PV.90) 5 December 1979 Day 6 MemberRound 60Round 61Round 62Round 63Round 64Round 65Round 66Round 67Round 68Round 69Round 70Round 71 88 86 83 85 82 81 82 79 81 81 79 82 57 58 58 60 61 61 58 58 57 60 58 64 – – – – – – 1 2 3 – – – – 1 2 – – – 1 – – – – – 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – –Honduras 1949 – – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – –Saint Lucia 1979 – – – – – – – – 1 – – –abstentions 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 1invalid ballots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0required majority 98 98 97 97 96 95 96 94 96 94 92 98ballot papers 147 147 146 146 146 146 146 144 146 146 141 147Source:U.N. General Assembly, 34th session. Official Record of the Ninety-eighth Meeting, Held at Headquarters, New York, On Tuesday, 11 December 1979. (A/34/PV.98) 11 December 1979 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council Germany and the United Nations Mexico and the United Nations Philippines and the United Nations References 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:1979 elections 1979 Category:1979 in international relations