1994 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 20 October 1994 Honduras 1949 y The 1994 United Nations Security Council election was held on 20 October 1994 during the Forty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Botswana, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, and Italy, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1995. Both Botswana and Honduras were elected for the first time, whereas Germany was elected for the first time since German reunification. 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 One for African countries (held by Djibouti) 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 Pakistan) One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Brazil) Two for the Western European and Others Group (held by New Zealand and Spain) 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 The Chairpersons of the respective Regional Groups made known their endorsements of the candidate nations prior to the vote. Mr. Jallow of the Gambia gave the endorsement of the African Group to Botswana. Mr. Slade of Samoa gave the endorsement of the Asian Group to Indonesia. Mr. Fernandez Estigarribia of Paraguay gave the endorsement of the Latin American and Caribbean Group to Honduras. Mrs. Fréchette, the then-Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, gave the endorsement of the Western European and Others Group to Germany and Italy. Result 170 ballot papers were distributed for all voting. African Group African and Asian States election results MemberRound 1 168 164 1 1abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 114 Latin American and Caribbean Group Latin American and Caribbean Group election results MemberRound 1Honduras 1949 170abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 114 Western European and Other Group Western European and Other Group election results MemberRound 1 167 164 1abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 114 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council Germany and the United Nations Indonesia and the United Nations European Union and the United Nations References External links UN Document A/49/PV.40 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 20 October 1994 Category:1994 elections 1994 Category:1994 in the United Nations Category:October 1994 Category:Botswana and the United Nations Category:Indonesia and the United Nations Category:Honduras and the United Nations Category:Germany and the United Nations Category:Italy and the United Nations