2011 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council December 2019 21 and 24 October 2011 Unsuccessful candidates (Asia–Pacific) (EEG) (Asia–Pacific) MRT 1959 (Africa) (EEG) The 2011 United Nations Security Council election was held on 21 and 24 October 2011Krause-Jackson, Flavia Varner, Bill http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-13/kyrgyzstan-bets-on-air-base-woman-reformer-in-un-election.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111016172820/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-13/kyrgyzstan-bets-on-air-base-woman-reformer-in-un-election.html dead 16 October 2011 Kyrgyzstan Bets on Air Base, Woman Reformer in UN Election Businessweek 13 October 2011 24 October 2011 during the Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, and Togo, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2012. Azerbaijan was elected after 17 rounds on 24 October, while the other four new members were chosen on 21 October.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghVsWfmPc8IYPMIuJAD0LYfUHOow?docId=6d0f1e0f78b841919c06ce2c827789c2 UN council elections head into extra rounds Associated Press 22 October 2011 24 October 2011 Snow AnitaJune 2024 medicmedic Notably, Azerbaijan and Guatemala were elected to the Council for the first time. 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. Department of Political Affairs Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992 https://books.google.com/books?id=C0FR2aSR1SoC&pg=PA178 2008 United Nations Publications 978-92-1-137030-0 178Benedetto Conforti The Law And Practice Of The United Nations https://books.google.com/books?id=eOdMqtyxOS8C&pg=PA61 2005 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 90-04-14309-2 61 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 31 August 1965. See also the notes accompanying Rules 142 to 144 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly and Item 114(a) (page 175) of UN Document A/66/100, Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly. the five available seats are allocated as follows:http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/Research%20Report%20SC%20Elections%202011.pdf Security Council Report: Special Research Report 21 September 2011 Security Council Elections 2011 Two for the African Group (held by Gabon and Nigeria), with one of them being the "Arab swing seat" One for the Asia-Pacific Group (previously called the Asian Group),http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=62791 Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group Radio New Zealand International 31 August 2011 3 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20131002095821/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=62791 2 October 2013 dead (held by Lebanon) One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group (held by Brazil) One for the Eastern European Group (held by Bosnia and Herzegovina) 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.https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/ga11160.doc.htm General Assembly Elects Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, Togo as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council United Nations 21 October 2011 24 October 2011 Candidates Guatemalahttp://www.guatemalaun.org/candidaturacs.cfm Candidatura al Consejo de Seguridad – Misión Permanente de Guatemala ante las Naciones Unidas Guatemalaun.org 24 October 2011 8 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108092117/http://www.guatemalaun.org/candidaturacs.cfm dead indicated it would run for the 2012–2013 term, for the seat currently occupied by Brazil. At that time, Guatemala was one of only six original UN Members to have never held a seat on the Security Council.October 2011 Azerbaijan,http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=594&Itemid=1 Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov at an Annual Coordination Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic conference. September 24, 2010, New-York Mfa.gov.az 24 September 2010 24 October 2011 Hungary,http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/en/bal/foreign_policy/un_sc/ Hungary's candidacy for a Non-Permanent seat on the UN Security Council Mfa.gov.hu 26 August 2011 24 October 2011Hungary Candidate to the United Nations Security Council 2012–2013 and Sloveniahttp://newyork.predstavnistvo.si/en Permanent representation of the RS to the UN Newyork.predstavnistvo.si 24 October 2011http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/foreign_policy/slovenia_for_the_un_security_council_2012_2013/ Slovenia for the UN Security Council 2012–2013 Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111105052150/http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/foreign_policy/slovenia_for_the_un_security_council_2012_2013/ 5 November 2011 dead all announced their intention to run for the single Eastern European seat. Though Armenia did not run for the seat, the Azerbaijani Trend news agency had previously reported about an Armenian withdrawal of its bid, while reading the alleged candidature as "certainly viewed as Armenia's defeat".http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/68654/ Armenia never planned to become UN Security Council non-permanent member PanARMENIAN.Net 29 April 2011 24 October 2011 The Arab League indicated it would support Azerbaijan's candidature.http://azerbaijan-unsc.com/articles/61/1/ League of Arab States will support Azerbaijan's UNSC bid Azerbaijan-unsc.com 24 September 2011 24 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091349/http://azerbaijan-unsc.com/articles/61/1/ 25 April 2012 dead Mauritania, Morocco and Togo sought to be elected to the two African seats.http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.7751821/k.BEE0/October_2011brSecurity_Council_Elections_2011.htm October 2011: Security Council Elections 2011 Security Council Report 24 October 2011 Pakistan had announced its intention to run for the single Asian seat in October 2010. A Pakistani diplomat noted that Pakistan had supported India's candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the 2010 election, and hoped that India would support Pakistan's candidacy in 2011.http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-to-bid-for-non-permanent-UNSC-seat-next-year/Article1-613702.aspx Pak to bid for non-permanent UNSC seat next year Hindustan Times Press Trust of India 16 October 2010 24 October 2011 19 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101019012301/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-to-bid-for-non-permanent-UNSC-seat-next-year/Article1-613702.aspx dead Fiji had originally sought to run for the seat, but deferred in Pakistan's favour.Akram, Munir http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/09/bid-for-unsc-seat.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111010053422/http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/09/bid-for-unsc-seat.html dead 10 October 2011 Bid for UNSC seat Dawn 9 October 2011 24 October 2011 Kyrgyzstan has also made known its candidacy on 22 September 2011.http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/kyrgyzstan/cache/offonce/pid/3072;jsessionid=C70A94DCA0B9F488CB851F54EC8AF073 https://archive.today/20120805172348/http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/kyrgyzstan/cache/offonce/pid/3072;jsessionid=C70A94DCA0B9F488CB851F54EC8AF073 dead 5 August 2012 Permanent Mission of Kyrgyzstan at the United Nations – Statements & Documents Un.int 24 October 2011 https://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2011/111019_GA.doc.htm Press Conference on Upcoming Elections in General Assembly United Nations 19 October 2011 24 October 2011 Result African and Asia-Pacific Groups table MAR:151 PAK:129 TGO:119,119,131 flagcountry:MRT:1959:98,72,61 KGZ:55 FIJ:1 193,193,193 0,0,0 0,2,1 African and Asia-Pacific States ga A/66/PV.37 A 66 V 37 10 a.m. 2 21 October 2011 7 August 2024 Fiji had already withdrawn its campaign in favour of Pakistan before the election.Bagchi, Indrani http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-11/pakistan/30266585_1_indian-diplomats-india-and-pakistan-indians-and-pakistanis https://web.archive.org/web/20111013021915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-11/pakistan/30266585_1_indian-diplomats-india-and-pakistan-indians-and-pakistanis dead 13 October 2011 Pakistan tries for UN Security Council, faces unexpected block, but not from India 11 October 2011 The Times of India 24 October 2011 Latin American and Caribbean Group table GTM:191 193 0 2 Latin American and Caribbean Group ga Eastern European Group Day 1 table AZE:74,90,93,93,93,96,100,110,113 SVN:67,97,99,98,98,95,91,80,77 HUN:52,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0 EST:0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0 193,188,193,192,193,193,193,191,191 0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 Eastern European Group ga A/66/PV.38 A 66 V 38 3.45 p.m. 2 21 October 2011 7 August 2024 one After eight rounds of inconclusive voting, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser initially decided to reschedule the next round of voting for 24 October following the election of members to the Economic and Social Council. However, Azerbaijan requested the ballot be continued for one more hour; the request was agreed to after Russian support despite opposition from France on the basis of a lack of translation services. Though Estonia had not applied as a candidate, the 6th and 7th rounds, which were unrestricted, each featured one vote for them.https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40160&Cr=security+council&Cr1= Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo elected to Security Council United Nations 21 October 2011 24 October 2011 Day 2 table AZE:110,110,111,111,110,117,116,155 SVN:83,82,81,80,81,76,77,13 HUN:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1 193,193,193,192,192,193,193,193 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 0,1,1,1,1,0,0,24 Eastern European Group two 10 A/66/PV.39 A 66 V 39 10 a.m. 5 24 October 2011 7 August 2024 A/66/PV.40 A 66 V 40 3 p.m. 1 24 October 2011 7 August 2024 After seven additional inconclusive rounds of voting on 24 October, Slovenia's delegation told the General Assembly that while it believed Slovenia would be a good addition for the Security Council, it did not approve of the way in which the election was being held and was withdrawing its candidacy, observing that "the current result speaks for itself and the object of this body’s support is obvious".A/66/PV.40 A 66 V 40 3 p.m. 4 24 October 2011 7 August 2024 In the 17th round that followed, Azerbaijan achieved the necessary 2/3 majority and won the Eastern European seat.Agayeva, S. http://en.trend.az/news/politics/1949039.html Azerbaijan becomes non-permanent UNSC member for 2012–2013 En.trend.az 25 October 2011 24 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111027171227/http://en.trend.az/news/politics/1949039.html 27 October 2011 dead Ramifications With the election of Pakistan to the Security Council, seven of the nine countries known to have nuclear weapons were members of the Council in 2012: China, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom. (The two nuclear powers not on the Council in 2012 were Israel and North Korea.)http://cnn.com/2011/10/24/world/europe/un-security-council Azerbaijan gets UN Security Council seat CNN.com 25 October 2011 2 January 2012 See also European Union and the United Nations Fiji and the United Nations List of members of the United Nations Security Council Pakistan and the United Nations References External links UN Document A/66/PV.37 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 21 October 2011, 10 a.m. UN Document A/66/PV.38 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 21 October 2011, 3.45 p.m. UN Document A/66/PV.39 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 24 October 2011, 10 a.m. Category:2011 elections 2011 Category:2011 in the United Nations Category:October 2011 Category:Togo and the United Nations Category:Morocco and the United Nations Category:Pakistan and the United Nations Category:Guatemala and the United Nations Category:Azerbaijan and the United Nations