The Verkhovna Rada asked the United Nations to Express support for the candidacy of Ukraine during the voting for giving the country the status of a non-permanent member of the UN security Council resolution. For the proper message at the meeting of Parliament on Wednesday voted 238 deputies With the required minimum of 226 votes.

the security Council includes five permanent (Russia, USA, Britain, France, China) and ten non-permanent members. As stated before, the Ukrainian authorities, they hope that Ukraine will become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

"The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine agitating member States of the UN to Express my support for the candidacy of Ukraine in the elections to the UN security Council, which will take place on fifteen October 2015. For 70-year history of the UN Ukraine three times already justified the confidence of the Organization in the form of a non-permanent member of the security Council, and during the years of the restored independence in 2000-2001, " - said in the appeal.

While Kiev expresses its readiness to make its own contribution to the task of rescuing generations from the scourge of war." on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the UN reaffirm unconditional devotion and readiness of Ukraine in the future to make a significant contribution to the implementation engraved in the UN Charter objectives for a rescue future generations from the scourge of war. Sure that achieving this goal will be the cornerstone of the non-permanent membership of Ukraine in the UN security Council if elected our country in the composition of this body in the period 2016-2017 ", - reported in circulation, adopted by the people's representatives on Wednesday.

Jubilee 70th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations opened in new York on Tuesday. According to the Ukrainian foreign Ministry, the meeting is scheduled a lot of main forums and debates on topical issues of the international political agenda, including reform of the security Council. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who on September 29, will speak at the General Assembly, did not rule out meeting in the "channel" or other formats on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

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