1982 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 19 October 1982 y Unsuccessful candidates (GRULAC) (WEOG) The 1982 United Nations Security Council election was held on 19 October 1982 during the Thirty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Malta, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1983. Both Malta and Zimbabwe were elected members of the Council for the first time. Rules United Nations Security Council 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: One for African countries (held by Uganda) One for countries from the Asian Group (now called 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 Japan) One for Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (held by Panama) Two for the Western European and Others Group (held by Ireland and Spain) 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. Endorsed candidates Portugal, speaking on behalf of the Western European and Others Group informed the assembly that Malta, the Netherlands, and New Zealand were candidates for the two seats attributed to this group, without endorsing any of them. The Asian Group communicated its endorsement in writing. Prior to the voting, a letter from the Group's chairman endorsing Pakistan was read out by the President of the Assembly. The Latin American and Caribbean, and African Groups did not endorse candidates.U.N. General Assembly, 37th session. Provisional Verbatim Record of the Thirty-sixth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Tuesday, 19 October 1982. (A/37/PV.36) 19 October 1982 Result Round 1 The first round of voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. MemberRound 1 138 127 100 94 92 77 59 6 1Benin 1975 1 1Comoros 1978 1People's Republic of the Congo 1 1 1 1 1abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 102 Source: Subsequent rounds Following the first round, voting for the two remaining geographic groups was conducted separately. By a drawing of lots, it was decided that the voting on the seat for the Latin American and Caribbean Group would be conducted first. 155 votes and 1 abstention were cast in all subsequent rounds.A-59-881 A 59 Note verbale dated 20 July 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General 5 26 July 2005 21 November 2025 GRULAC MemberRound 2Round 3 99 104 55 50abstentions 1 1 invalid ballots 0 0required majority 103 103 Source: WEOG MemberRound 2Round 3 103 – 102 111 66 43abstentions 1 1invalid ballots 0 0required majority 103 103 Source: See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council New Zealand and the United Nations Pakistan 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:1982 elections 1982 Category:1982 in the United Nations Category:October 1982 Category:Zimbabwe and the United Nations Category:Pakistan and the United Nations Category:Nicaragua and the United Nations Category:Malta and the United Nations Category:Netherlands and the United Nations