1981 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council April 2020 15 October 1981 y The 1981 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 1981 during the Thirty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Guyana, Jordan, Poland, Togo, and Zaire (now D.R. Congo), as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1982. Togo and Zaire were elected for the first time. 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 (held by Niger and Tunisia) 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.), for the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by the Philippines) One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Mexico) One for the Eastern European Group (held by East Germany) 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. Result Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. MemberRound 1 141 140 140 140 139Romania 1965 5 3 2 2 Mozambique 1975 2 1 Ethiopia 1975 1Hungary 1957 1 Mongolia 1945 1 1Peru state 1Saint Lucia 1979 1 1 1 1abstentions 0invalid ballots 0required majority 102 Source:U.N. General Assembly, 36th session. Provisional Verbatim Record of the Thirty-Eight Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Thursday, 15 October 1981. (A/36/PV.35) 15 October 1981 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council 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:1981 elections 1981 Category:1981 in the United Nations Category:October 1981 Category:Togo and the United Nations Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Category:Jordan and the United Nations Category:Guyana and the United Nations Category:Poland and the United Nations