1999 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 14 October 1999 y Unsuccessful candidate (EEG) The 1999 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1999ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS: Principal Organs United Nations https://www.un.org/ga/54/elect/princ.htm during the Fifty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mali, Tunisia, and Ukraine, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2000. Notably, Ukraine was elected to the Council for the first time as an independent nation. 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. 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 2011-09-21 Security Council Elections 2011 Two for African countries (held by Gabon and the Gambia), with one of them being the "Arab swing seat" One for countries from 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 Bahrain) One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Brazil) One for the Eastern European Group (held by Slovenia) 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. Candidatures Prior to the vote, the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Gurirab informed the General Assembly of the candidates as follows: Bangladesh, Mali, and Tunisia from the African and Asian States as endorsed candidates, Jamaica from the Latin American and Caribbean States as the endorsed candidate, and Slovakia and Ukraine from the Eastern European States as candidates not enjoying the full endorsement of their respective regional group. Results African Group African and Asian States election results MemberRound 1 172 172 171abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 115ballots distributed 172 Latin American and Caribbean Group Latin American and Caribbean Group election results MemberRound 1 171abstentions 0invalid ballots 1required majority 114ballots distributed 172 Eastern European Group Eastern European Group election results MemberRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4 9298113158 7972573abstentions 0006invalid ballots 1101required majority 114114114108ballots distributed 172171170168 Prior to the fourth round of voting, Mr. Tomka of Slovakia rose to speak. He thanked all the delegations for their support for Slovakia's bid for Security Council membership, and then formally withdrew their candidacy, wishing Ukraine well. See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council References External links UN Document A/66/PV.37 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 14 October 1999 Category:1999 elections 1999 Category:1999 in the United Nations Category:October 1999 Category:Mali and the United Nations Category:Tunisia and the United Nations Category:Bangladesh and the United Nations Category:Jamaica and the United Nations Category:Ukraine and the United Nations