In the UN elections of non-permanent members of the security Council, Ukraine has no competitors

Olga Denisova. Five non-permanent members of the UN security Council resolution for the period 2016-2017 will be elected on Thursday by the General Assembly (GA) of the United Nations, in the area behind the Desk SAT are also claimed by Ukraine, which is the only candidate in his group.

Non-permanent members of the Security Council selects the main Assembly. For election to the state ought to get a two - thirds vote of the 129 members of the GA. Non-permanent seats of the Council are distributed among five regional groups: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

COMBAT is NOT expected

This year, the FIGHT for Places at the table SAT NOT assumed. The main Assembly will look at candidates Egypt, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay and Japan. All applicants were approved first by the regional groups and go to the polls without competitors. From 31 December 2015, the Council will leave, respectively, Jordan, Nigeria, Lithuania, Chad and Chile. Another year in SA will remain Angola, Venezuela, Spain, New Zealand, Malaysia.

Ukraine, which became in 1945 one of the founding members of the global organization, and three times was a non-permanent member of the UN security Council resolution: in 1948-1949, in the years 1984 -1985 (Ukrainian Soviet socialist Republic) in 2000 - 2001.

AGENDA

yesterday elections to the UN has arrived Chapter the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin. He said that optimistic about the upcoming vote. Answering correspondents 'questions about how, if elected, will be the attitude of Ukraine to the workplace in the security Council With Russia, the head of the Ministry said:" certainly NOT conciliatory ". However, He assured that Kiev will focus " on our commitment to the UN principles ". According to him, in the process, Ukraine will have to engage in " a comprehensive global agenda ".

anyway it is Clear that the main emphasis in the work of Ukraine will make the situation in the country and the region. This issue is NOT discussed by the Security Council periodically.

Japan may propose for consideration the issues of nuclear non-proliferation and the situation in the DPRK. Egypt will enter the security Council with the continuing crises in the middle East, because of what we can expect increased attention to the situation in the countries of the region. Senegal has expressed interest in bringing attention to the problem of terrorism and organized crime in the West African States. Uruguay, in addition to regional issues, might affect the question of the peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Uruguay which provides the contingent. SU considers the possibility of reducing the size of the mission.

The LAST ELECTIONS in OCTOBER

in the UN security Council consists of fifteen countries. Britain, China, Russia, USA and France are permanent members. Ten non-permanent members are elected for 2 years, With an annual replacement of five of them.

The upcoming ELECTIONS will be the last that will be held in OCTOBER. In the past year, the UNGA decided, starting With the 70th session of the General Assembly conduct the counting of votes in June. So, the elected members of the Security Council will have six months to prepare.


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