1967 United Nations Security Council election

The 1967 United Nations Security Council election was held on 6 November 1967 during the Twenty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Algeria, Hungary, Pakistan, Paraguay, and Senegal, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1968. Algeria and Senegal saw their first election into the council.

1967 United Nations Security Council election
6 November 1967
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Members before election

 Mali (Africa)
 Nigeria (Africa)
 Japan (Asia)
 Argentina (LatAm&Car)
 Bulgaria (E. Europe)

 New Members





Rules

The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms.[1][2] A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.[3]

In accordance with the 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,[4] the five available seats are allocated as follows:

To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.

Result

The election was managed by the then-President of the United Nations General Assembly Corneliu Mănescu of Romania. At this date the UN had 122 member states (for a timeline of UN membership, see Enlargement of the United Nations). Delegates of the member states were to write the names of the five countries they wished to elect on the ballot papers. There were no nominations prior to the election. Voting was conducted by secret ballot, and on a single ballot. 118 ballot papers were used.

Member Round 1
 Pakistan118
 Senegal110
 Algeria108
 Hungary105
 Paraguay101
 Romania3
 Albania2
 Tunisia2
 Uruguay2
 Chile1
 Cyprus1
 Republic of the Congo1
 Democratic Republic of the Congo1
 Cuba1
 Dahomey1
 Ecuador1
 Madagascar1
 Malawi1
 Morocco1
 Peru1
 Yugoslavia1
abstentions0
invalid ballots0
required majority79

Source:[6]

See also

References
  1. United Nations Security Council (2008), Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council, p. 178
  2. Conforti, Benedetto (2005), The law and practice of the United Nations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, p. 61
  3. Charter of the United Nations, Article 23
  4. Resolution 1991 A (XVIII), dated 1963-12-17, in force 1965-08-31.
  5. "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
  6. U.N. General Assembly, 22nd session. Official Record of the One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-fifth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Monday, 6 November 1967. (A/PV.1595) 6 November 1967
  • UN Document A/59/881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004
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