Brazil, UAE, Albania, Ghana and Gabon win UN council seats
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations elected five countries to join the powerful U.N. Security Council on Friday with no suspense because all were unopposed -- Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Ghana and Gabon.
It will be Albania’s first time serving on the council and Brazil’s 11th time, which will tie Japan as the country elected to the council for the most two-year terms. There had been a three-way race for two African seats but Congo dropped out on Monday.
They will join the five veto-wielding permanent members of the council -- the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom and France -- and the five countries elected last year: India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway.
The five new council members will start their terms on Jan. 1, replacing five countries whose two-year terms end on Dec. 31 -- Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam. General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir announced the results of the secret-ballot vote and congratulated the winner.
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