Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Somalia and Panama will be non-permanent members of the UN Security Council from 2025 to 2026. writes about this RIA News With reference to the decision of the General Assembly of the World Organization.
In total, the UN Security Council includes 15 member states of the organization. Each year, five non-permanent members of the structure leave and five more countries are elected to replace them. Moreover, in order to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, the applicant state must receive at least two-thirds of the votes of those present at the relevant General Assembly meeting.
According to the agency, these countries will replace Switzerland, Malta, Japan, Ecuador and Mozambique. Their terms as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council will end on December 31 of this year.
26 February 2024, World Organization Secretary General Antonio Guterres statedThe UN Security Council needs serious reforms in its structure and changes in its working methods. According to him, this structure in its current form could not prevent the Ukrainian conflict and the operation of Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip. The head of the world organization stressed that all this “possibly fatally” undermines the authority of the UN Security Council.
Previously Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appreciated The idea of removing the veto power in the UN Security Council.
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Source: Gazeta
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