1983 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 31 October 1983 Upper Volta Peru state Ukrainian SSR y Unsuccessful candidates (Africa) (GRULAC) The 1983 United Nations Security Council election was held on 31 October 1983 during the Thirty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Egypt, India, Peru, the Ukrainian SSR, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso; first election), as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1984. 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. the five available seats are allocated as follows: Two for African countries, one of which being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Togo and 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 Jordan) One for Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (held by Guyana) One for the Eastern European Group (held by Poland) 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. Representation of Grenada The United States having initiated Operation Urgent Fury just six days prior to the election, questions were raised as to the legitimacy of the Grenadian delegation. The United States, supported by several other delegations, formally objected to the presence of the Grenadian delegate, stating that Sir Paul Scoon Governor-General of Grenada had informed the Secretary-General that no one was authorised to represent Grenada before the UN and that no credentials for the Thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly had been presented by Grenada.U.N. General Assembly, 38th session. Provisional Verbatim Record of the Fortieth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Monday, 31 October 1983. (A/38/PV.40) 31 October 1983 The Grenadian delegate responded by stating that last he heard, Scoon was in American custody and that his delegation was treating him as a potential hostage. He added that "should someone want to make [him] leave the room, they would have to resort to the use of force." Endorsed candidates Syria, speaking for the Asian Group, formally endorsed India. Result Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. The first and only round of balloting was held on 31 October 1983 at the 40th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. There were 155 total votes received.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 MemberRound 1Upper Volta 145 142 Ukrainian SSR 130 125Peru state 106 38 24 4 2 1 1 1Bulgaria 1971 1Byelorussian SSR 1 1Libya 1977 1Mongolia 1945 1 Abstentions 0 Invalid ballots 0 Required majority 104 Total ballots received 155 Source: See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council India and the United Nations Soviet Union 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:1983 elections 1983 Category:1983 in the United Nations Category:October 1983 Category:Burkina Faso and the United Nations Category:Egypt and the United Nations Category:India and the United Nations Category:Peru and the United Nations Category:Ukraine and the United Nations