MADRID, June 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The UN General Assembly has elected Algeria, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Guyana as new non-permanent members of the Security Council, in a vote that did not include Belarus.
Six countries are present for the five seats which will remain vacant on 1 January 2024, by virtue of a territorial distribution which raises little doubt in the case of Eastern Europe, as Slovenia and Belarus are present for these positions.
The balance has been struck in favor of Slovenia, which in a secret ballot has won the support of 153 countries, compared to 38 reached by the Belarusian side. Belarus has not been part of the Security Council for half a century, in which its ally Russia has a permanent seat — and veto power –.
Like Russia, the United States, United Kingdom, France and China also have permanent representation, which ‘de facto’ requires any agreement to the fact that these five countries support it, or at least abstain.
This has prevented, for example, the Security Council from adopting broad measures following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has sparked calls for reform, even coming from the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.
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