1991 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council March 2021 16 October 1991 Cape Verde 1975 Venezuela 1954 y The 1991 United Nations Security Council election was held on 16 October 1991 during the Forty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Cape Verde (for the first time), Hungary, Japan, Morocco, and Venezuela, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1992. 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=C0FR2aSR1SoC&pg=PA178 9789211370300 Benedetto Conforti The law and practice of the United Nations Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2005 61 https://books.google.com/books?id=eOdMqtyxOS8C&pg=PA61 9004143092 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: Two for African countries, one of them being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Côte d'Ivoire and the Zaire); One for 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 Yemen); One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Cuba); One for the Eastern European Group (held by Romania). 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 Prior to the actual vote at the General Assembly, the Chairmen of the respective regional groups told the Assembly what countries enjoyed the endorsement of their respective regions. Mr. Flores Bermudez, the Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations, had verified the endorsement of Venezuela for the Latin American and Caribbean Group. Mr. Goshu of Ethiopia verified the candidacies of both Cape Verde and Morocco as endorsed candidates for the African Group. Mr. Hatano of Japan verified the candidacy of Japan as the endorsed candidate for the Asian Group. Mr. Podtserob of the Soviet Union verified the support of the Eastern European Group for the candidacy of Hungary. Result Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. There was a total of 161 ballot papers. MemberRound 1Cape Verde 1975 158 158Venezuela 1954 154 149 148 2 1Honduras 1949 1 1 1abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 108 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council Japan and the United Nations References External links UN Document A/46/PV.32 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 16 October 1991 Category:1991 elections 1991 Category:1991 in the United Nations Category:October 1991 Category:Cape Verde and the United Nations Category:Morocco and the United Nations Category:Japan and the United Nations Category:Venezuela and the United Nations Category:Hungary and the United Nations