Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were set to get seats on the UN Security Council in a secret ballot Thursday in the General Assembly.
\nThe 193-member world body is scheduled to vote to elect five countries to serve two-year terms on the council. The 10 non-permanent seats on the 15-member council are allotted to regional groups who usually select their candidates but sometimes can\u2019t agree on one. There are no such surprises this year.
\nLast year, Slovenia soundly defeated Russia\u2019s close ally Belarus for the seat representing the East European regional group, a vote that reflected strong global opposition to Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
\nThis time, the regional groups put forward Somalia for an African seat, Pakistan for an Asia-Pacific seat, Panama for a Latin America and Caribbean seat, and Denmark and Greece for two mainly Western seats.
\nThe five council members elected Thursday will start their terms on Jan. 1, replacing those whose two-year terms end on Dec. 31 \u2014 Mozambique, Japan, Ecuador, Malta and Switzerland.
\nThey will join the five veto-wielding permanent members \u2014 the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom and France \u2014 and the five countries elected last year \u2014 Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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