1967 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council July 2020 1967 United Nations Security Council election United Nations legislative no 1966 United Nations Security Council election 1966 1968 United Nations Security Council election 1968 5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council 6 November 1967 SC Membership 1968.png 350px Members (Africa) (Africa) (Asia) (LatAm&Car) Bulgaria 1967 (E. Europe) New Members left (Africa) left (Africa, Arab) left (Asia)left PAR 1954 (LatAm&Car) left Hungary 1957 (E. Europe) The 1967 United Nations Security Council election was held on 6 November 1967 during the Twenty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Algeria, Hungary, Pakistan, Paraguay, and Senegal, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1968. Algeria and Senegal saw their first election into the council. Rules 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: Two for African countries, one of which being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Mali and Nigeria) 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 Japan) One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Argentina) One for the Eastern European Group (held by Bulgaria) 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. MemberRound 1 118 110 108Hungary 1957 105PAR 1954 101Romania 1965 3Albania 1946 2 2 2 1 1 Republic of the Congo 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1966 1 1 Dahomey 1 1 1 Malawi 1964 1 1 Peru state 1 1 abstentions 0invalid ballots 0 required majority 79 Source:U.N. General Assembly, 22nd session. Official Record of the One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-fifth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Monday, 6 November 1967. (A/PV.1595) 6 November 1967 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council 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:1967 elections 1967 Category:1967 in international relations Category:1967 in New York City Security Council election