2015 United Nations Security Council election explained

The 2015 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2015^[1] during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2016.In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:

• Two for the African Group (held by Chad and Nigeria)
• One for the Asia-Pacific Group (held by Jordan)
• One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group (held by Chile)
• One for the Eastern European Group (held by Lithuania)

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2016–17 period. The countries elected were Egypt, Senegal, Uruguay, Japan, and Ukraine. In each vote there were as many vacancies as there were candidates on the ballot.

This was the last time a Security Council election was held in the month of October.^[1] On 18 September 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/307 to push the elections back to six months prior to the beginning of the newly elected Council members' terms.

Candidates

African Group

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Asia-Pacific Group

• ^[4] — Withdrew on 6 September 2014 in favour of Japan.^[5]
• ^[6]

Latin American and Caribbean Group

• ^[7]

Eastern European Group

• ^[8]

Result

Eastern European Group

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council
• Japan and the United Nations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Security Council Elections 2015. 2 October 2015. 2 October 2015. Security Council Report.
2. Web site: Security Council Elections: Options after Saudi Arabia Rejects its Seat. 18 October 2013. 18 October 2013. What's in Blue?.
3. Web site: Senegal favors Morocco's return to AU. 21 March 2013. 20 August 2013. Saudi Gazette.
4. Web site: Australia to support Bangladesh for UN Security Council for 2016–17. 16 April 2012. 20 August 2013. Bangladesh Business News. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021234245/http://www.businessnews-bd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6074:australia-to-support-bangladesh-for-un-security-council-for-2016-17&catid=35:national&Itemid=34. 21 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Bangladesh Withdraws from UN Security Council Candidature in Japan's Favour. 7 September 2014. 8 September 2014. NDTV.
6. Web site: Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan . January 11, 2011 .
7. Web site: 'We Must Move Forward!' Assembly President Says, Challenging Member States to Be Brave Enough to Reject Static Positions, Make United Nations Better. 29 September 2010. 7 September 2013. United Nations.
8. Web site: Ukraine to seek election to UN Security Council in autumn. 25 May 2015. 24 July 2015. UNIAN.