The EU congratulates the new members and shakes their hands for “close cooperation”
June 7 () –
This Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a period of two years, thus replacing Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland.
The president of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, after congratulating those who have obtained membership, said that he “looks forward to their contributions to world peace and security.”
In a secret vote, those elected obtained a two-thirds majority. Of the candidates who had presented themselves, Argentina, Italy and Norway have been left without seats.
The Security Council, the body in charge of maintaining peace and security in the world, is made up of 15 members, of which five are permanent and have the right to veto (China, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Russia) and ten are elected by the General Assembly for a period of two years.
The other five non-permanent members (currently Algeria, South Korea, Slovenia, Guyana and Sierra Leone) took their seats at the beginning of this year, so their participation does not end until the end of 2025. These ten seats are distributed according to four regional groups: Africa and Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Western Europe and other States.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, has congratulated the new members for the period 2025-2026 and has shaken their hands for “close cooperation.”
“We look forward to close cooperation with you to promote global peace and security, defend the United Nations Charter and International Law and promote sustainable development,” he indicated through his profile on the social network X.
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