On June 6, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) elected Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia as five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in New York, representatives of 192 member countries at the United Nations General Assembly voted to replace three non-permanent members of the Security Council representing the Africa and Asia-Pacific region; 3 seat represents Eastern Europe and 1 seat represents Latin America - Caribbean. Before the vote, only Eastern Europe had two candidates, Slovenia and Belarus, while other regions had only one candidate.
Under the plan, the five newly elected countries will start their two-year terms from January 5, 2 and replace the outgoing non-permanent members, including Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United States. United Arab Emirates (UAE). The other five non-permanent member states are Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland.
The Security Council has 15 members, including 5 permanent members: the US, Russia, France, the UK, and China; and 10 non-permanent member countries are elected by the General Assembly alternately for 2-year terms and are distributed geographically.
The Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations and only the Security Council has the power to make legally binding decisions, such as imposing sanctions and authorizing the use of force to maintain world peace and security.
THANH TUAN
