1959 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council October 2020 1959 United Nations Security Council election United Nations legislative no 1958 United Nations Security Council election 1958 1960 United Nations Security Council election 1960 three of six non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council 12 October & 12 December 1959 Members Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan (Asia) Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada (WEOG)Panama state (LatAm&Car) New Members Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador (LatAm&Car) Ceylon (Asia)left Turkey (WEOG)The 1959 United Nations Security Council election was held between 12 October and 12 December during the fourteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected three members through consultation of the president, as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1960. Rules United Nations Security CouncilThe Security Council had 11 seats, filled by five permanent members and six non-permanent members before 1967. Each year, half of the non-permanent members were 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 Result At this time, the United Nations had 81 member states (for a timeline of UN membership, see Enlargement of the United Nations). There were five candidacies for three seats. At the meeting on 12 October 1959, the President of the United Nations General Assembly proposed granting seats to Ecuador, and Ceylon, a motion that was approved by the assembly. Further discussion of the candidacies of Turkey and Poland was moved to another day. Day 1 The first thirteen rounds of balloting were held on 12 October 1959 at the 825th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Ecuador, and Ceylon were elected in the first round, leaving only the WOEG seat vacant. As Poland and Turkey were the states with the highest number of votes contesting the Asian seat, in accordance with the rules, consecutive rounds of restricted voting would commence. In these rounds, only the two states that have attained the highest number of votes in the previous round (Poland and Turkey) could be voted on, any other votes would be considered invalid. After the thirteen rounds of voting failed to provide an election outcome, the meeting rose. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/738330?ln=en General Assembly, 14th session : 825th plenary meeting, Monday, 12 October 1959, New York October 12, 1959 United Nations Digital Library June 9, 2026 MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 11Round 12Round 13Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador 77 – – – – – – – – – – – –Ceylon 72 – – – – – – – – – – – –Flag of Poland (1927–1980).svg Poland 46 43 45 46 46 46 48 47 48 47 45 46 46Turkey 36 38 36 35 34 34 33 34 33 34 35 36 34Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma 1 – – – – – – – – – – – –Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada 1 – – – – – – – – – – – –abstentions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0invalid ballots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0required majority 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54ballot papers 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 Day 2 The next twelve rounds of balloting were held on 13 October 1959 at the 826th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Day 3 The next six rounds of balloting were held on 19 October 1959 at the 827th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Day 4 The next six rounds of balloting were held on 3 November 1959 at the 830th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Day 5 The next six rounds of balloting were held on 17 November 1959 at the 835th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Day 6 The next six rounds of balloting were held on 1 December 1959 at the 839th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Day 7 The final round of balloting was held on 12 December 1959 at the 845th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. During this round, the General Assembly was able to endorse an agreement. The president stated that "Poland will at this time be the only candidate for election as non-permanent member of the Security Council and, if elected, will serve in that capacity during the year 1960. As an integral part of the agreement reached, Poland will withdraw from the Council on 31 December 1960. This would mean that... Turkey would be the only candidate to fill the vacancy thus created on the Council and to serve as non-permanent member during the year 1961."Ali Balci & Ayşenur Hazar (2021) Turkey in the UN Security Council during the Cold War: elections, voting motivations and alliance commitments, Middle Eastern Studies, 57:2, 279-291 Therefore, Poland received 71 votes. See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council Turkey and the United Nations Turkey in the UN Security Council Poland and the United Nations Ecuador and the United Nations 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:1959 elections 1959 Category:1959 in international relations Security Council election