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1995 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council

Field	Value
election_name	1995 United Nations Security Council election
country	United Nations
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 United Nations Security Council election
previous_year	1994
next_election	1996 United Nations Security Council election
next_year	1996
seats_for_election	5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
election_date	8 November 1995
map_image	UNSC 1996.png
map_size	300px
map_caption	Membership of the Security Council after the 1995 election
title	Members
before_election	Rwanda (Africa)
(Africa)
(Asia, Arab)
(LatAm&Car)
(E. Europe)
posttitle	New Members
after_election

(Africa) (Asia, Arab) (LatAm&Car) (E. Europe)

(Africa)

The 1995 United Nations Security Council election was held on 8 November 1995 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 50th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 1996.

The five candidates elected were Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland, and the Republic of Korea with Guinea-Bissau and South Korea being elected for the first time.

Geographic distribution

In accordance with the General Assembly's rules for the geographic distribution of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, and established practice, the members were to be elected as follows: two from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin American and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC), and one from the Eastern European Group.

Candidates

There was a total of seven candidates for the five seats. The seats of the Asian Group and GRULAC were not contested, with single candidates applying for them: Chile and the Republic of Korea, respectively. For the two seats reserved for African nations, there were three candidates: Benin, Egypt, and Guinea-Bissau; the election was only significantly contested between Benin and Guinea-Bissau, as Egypt's candidacy was to fill the unofficial seat reserved for members of the Arab League (being vacated by Oman). For the single seat of the Eastern European Group, there were two candidates: Albania and Poland. Of these, a number were the official endorsed candidates of their respective regional groups. These endorsements were as follows:

African Group: Egypt and Guinea-Bissau
Asian Group: Republic of Korea
GRULAC: Chile

Pellumb Kulla of Albania, speaking for the Eastern European Group, said that the Group was not in a position to endorse a candidate. As the representative of Albania, he then presented his own countries candidature.

Results

Voting proceeded by secret ballot. For each geographic group, each member state could vote for as many candidates as were to be elected. There were 177 ballots in each of the three elections.

African and Asian States

African and Asian States election results	Member
Round 1
		159
		156
		128
		60
		1
		1
	abstentions	0
	invalid ballots	0
	required majority	118

Latin American and Caribbean States

Latin American and Caribbean States election results	Member
Round 1
		168
		1
	abstentions	7
	invalid ballots	1
	required majority	113

Eastern European Group

Eastern European States election results	Member
Round 1
		128
		48
	abstentions	0
	invalid ballots	1
	required majority	118

End result

The election was ended in a single round of voting, with Albania and Benin losing to Poland and Guinea-Bissau, respectively, and the other candidates running unopposed. This led to the result of Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland, and the Republic of Korea being elected to serve two-year terms at the United Nations Security Council commencing 1 January 1996.

References

UN Document GA/8989 ASSEMBLY ELECTS CHILE, EGYPT, GUINEA-BISSAU, POLAND, REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL

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