2014 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council 16 October 2014 VEN state Unsuccessful candidate (WEOG) The 2014 United Nations Security Council election was held on 16 October 2014Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: Report of the Secretary 6 June 2014 5 August 2014 United Nations https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/68/852 during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2015. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation 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,A/RES/1991(XVIII) A R 1991 18 Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council the five available seats were allocated as follows: One for the African Group One for the Asia-Pacific Group One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group Two for the Western European and Others Group The five members served on the Security Council for the 2015–16 period. The countries elected were Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Venezuela. Candidates African Group Country seeks support for security council candidature 24 June 2013 7 September 2013 Agência Angola Press http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/politica/2013/5/26/Country-seeks-support-for-security-council-candidature,f170108a-426e-42d2-9bf1-f551a5c1368b.html Asia-Pacific Group (withdrew prior to election)Fiji, Turkey, Venezuela Among the Running for 2015/16 UNSC Seats 16 April 2014 19 October 2014 UN Tribune http://untribune.com/fiji-turkey-venezuela-among-running-201516-unsc-seats/How Much is a UN Security Council Seat Worth and Which Countries Get Elected? 15 October 2014 19 October 2014 UN Tribune http://untribune.com/much-un-security-council-seat-worth-countries-get-elected/ Canberra backs KL for UN Security Council seat 8 November 2012 7 September 2013 South African Foreign Policy Initiative http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/canberra-backs-kl-un-security-council-seathttp://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/latest-news/270556/gcc-support-malaysia-s-bid-to-occupy-un-security-council-seat https://archive.today/20140130163335/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/latest-news/270556/gcc-support-malaysia-s-bid-to-occupy-un-security-council-seat dead 30 January 2014 GCC support Malaysia's bid to occupy UN Security Council seat The Peninsula 30 January 2014 Qatar News Agency 31 January 2014http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/newsindex.php?id=1015622 Britain Optimistic Malaysia Will Secure UNSC Non-Permanent Seat Bernama 18 February 2014 Bernama 22 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140224150647/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/newsindex.php?id=1015622 24 February 2014 dead Latin American and Caribbean Group VEN stateMexico should stop backing Venezuela 13 November 2013 27 January 2014 The News http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/home-articulos/15919-%E2%80%98mexico-should-stop-backing-venezuela%E2%80%99 https://archive.today/20140127235444/http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/home-articulos/15919-%E2%80%98mexico-should-stop-backing-venezuela%E2%80%99 dead 27 January 2014Venezuela's UN Security Council Bid Gains Backing 11 September 2014 11 September 2014 Reuters https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/09/11/world/americas/ap-lt-venezuela-un-security-council.html Western European and Others Group Minister to lobby for Security Council seat http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/7720226/Minister-to-lobby-for-Security-Council-seat 2 January 2013 Stuff 24 September 2012New Zealand UN Security Council Candidate 2015-16 http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Media-and-publications/Features/515-UN-Sec-Council-bid.php New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 3 January 2012 New Zealand is seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2015-16. Elections are in 2014.http://www.nyasatimes.com/2013/08/22/malawis-jb-meets-sir-mckinnon-over-new-zealand-un-seat-bid/ Malawi's JB meets Sir McKinnon over New Zealand UN seat bid Nyasa Times 22 August 2013 31 January 2014 21 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021205649/http://www.nyasatimes.com/2013/08/22/malawis-jb-meets-sir-mckinnon-over-new-zealand-un-seat-bid/ dead Spain, Candidate for the Securitz Council 2015-2016 http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/NacionesUnidas/Paginas/CandidaturaConsejoSeguridad2015-2016.aspx Government of Spain, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain) 31 January 2014 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021638/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/NacionesUnidas/Paginas/CandidaturaConsejoSeguridad2015-2016.aspx deadTracing our Footsteps; New Zealand and the UN Security Council http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Media-and-publications/Media/MFAT-speeches/2010/0-25-August-2010.php New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 3 January 2012 ... so far only two are seeking election in 2014 – Spain and New Zealand Press Release from Turkey No.129 (Unofficial Translation) http://www.un.int/turkey/Announcement.pdf Member States Portal New York 3 January 2012 Thus, Turkey is announcing its candidacy for non-permanent membership in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) for the years 2015 2016.No: 129, 18 May 2011, Press Release Regarding the Turkey's Candidacy for the U.N. Security Council http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-129_-18-may-2011_-press-release-regarding-the-turkey_s-candidacy-for-the-u_n_-security-council.en.mfa Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3 January 2012 Thus, Turkey is announcing its candidacy for non-permanent membership in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) for the years 2015 2016. Campaign Malaysian Permanent Representative to the UN Datuk Hussein Haniff said: "I have been participating in all the open debates. The Malaysian mission is actively engaged in lobbying to get elected. We are the only candidate from Asia, so far, for a UNSC non-permanent seat, and need to get a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly for a non-permanent membership". Additionally, he asserted that while Malaysia was the sole candidate as of the end of 2013 for the seat, he hopes that "this will remain so until the electoral process is finalised".http://www.nst.com.my/latest/malaysia-intensifies-lobbying-for-unsc-seat-in-2015-1.439572#ixzz2oQrcsKx2 Malaysia intensifies lobbying for UNSC seat in 2015 New Straits Times 20 December 2013 Bernama 31 January 2014 Foreign Minister Dato' Seri Anifah Aman also said that "We must not take it for granted. We have to work very hard and we have to engage and meet leaders from various countries to secure the seat, but I am quite confident that Malaysia has a very good name globally".http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/05/21/Malaysia-to-work-hard-for-UN-Security-Council-seat/ Malaysia to work hard for UN Security Council seat The Star 21 May 2013 1 February 2014 Opinions about Venezuela's candidacy Due to the ongoing protests against the government within Venezuela, and the International Criminal Court's reopening of the preliminary investigation of the head of state and others on suspicions of Crimes Against Humanity,http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1676700 Fiscalía de la CPI hace "examen preliminar" de denuncia contra Maduro ABC.es 24 September 2014 6 October 2014 10 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141010234956/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1676700 dead there have been objections from domestic dissidents, such as Diego Arria, former ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations during Venezuela's last term on the Security Council and Governor of the Federal District of CaracasEl Mundo Cambió, Venezuela No Cambió. Entrevista a Diego Arria. Por Andrés Abreu http://www.guayoyoenletras.net/index.php/2012-08-06-05-07-46/personaje/186-el-mundo-cambio-venezuela-no-cambio-entrevista-a-diego-arria-por-andres-abreu www.guayoyoenletras.net 17 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021122618/http://www.guayoyoenletras.net/index.php/2012-08-06-05-07-46/personaje/186-el-mundo-cambio-venezuela-no-cambio-entrevista-a-diego-arria-por-andres-abreu 21 October 2014 dead in the mid-1970s during the presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez, to having Venezuela as an elected member of the Security Council.http://nydailynews.com/opinion/diego-arria-venezuela-perilous-closeup-article-1.1962549 Venezuela's perilous closeup--The world must keep this rogue regime off of the UN Security Council Daily News 6 October 2014 6 October 2014 Opposition has also come from figures such as Hillel Neuer, head of human rights organization UN Watch, according to whom "[e]lecting Venezuela to the UN Security Council is like making a pyromaniac into the fire chief".http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2014/10/17/un-watch-condemns-eu-majority-for-backing-venezuelas-security-council-bid/ UN Watch condemns EU majority for backing Venezuela's Security Council bid UN Watch 17 October 2014 17 October 2014 Results African and Asia-Pacific Groups table AGO:190 MYS:187 COG:1 193 0 1 African and Asia-Pacific Groups ga General Assembly Elects Angola, Malaysia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2015-2016 16 October 2014 16 October 2014 United Nations https://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ga11570.doc.htm Latin American and Caribbean Group table flagcountry:VEN:state:181 BRA:1 192 1 10 Latin American and Caribbean Group ga Western European and Others Group table NZL:145 ESP:121,120,132 TUR:109,73,60 193,193,193 0,0,0 0,0,1 Western European and Others Group ga See also Politics List of members of the United Nations Security Council Fiji and the United Nations New Zealand and the United Nations European Union and the United Nations References 2 2014 Category:2014 elections Category:2014 in the United Nations Category:October 2014 Category:Angola and the United Nations Category:Malaysia and the United Nations Category:Venezuela and the United Nations Category:New Zealand and the United Nations Category:Spain and the United Nations