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1997 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council

Field	Value
election_name	1997 United Nations Security Council election
country	United Nations
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United Nations Security Council election
previous_year	1996
next_election	1998 United Nations Security Council election
next_year	1998
seats_for_election	5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
election_date	14 October 1997
map_image	SC Membership 1998.png
map_size	300px
title	Members
before_election	(Africa, Arab)
(Africa)
(Asia)
(LatAm&Car)
(E. Europe)
posttitle	New Members
after_election

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

Macedonia (E. Europe)

The 1997 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1997 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 52nd 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 1998.

The five candidates elected were Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, and Slovenia with Bahrain, Gambia and Slovenia 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. By unofficial custom, the seat from Asia was to be filled by a member of the Arab League, as the previous holder of the "Arab seat" was African Egypt.

Candidates

There was a total of six candidates for the five seats. The only seat contested was that of the Eastern European Group: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia competed for the one available seat. The other groups all had a number of candidates equal to the number of seats to fill: Gabon and Gambia for the two African seats, Bahrain for the one Asian seat, and Brazil for the one GRULAC seat.

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 174 ballots in each of the three elections.

African and Asian States

African and Asian States election results	Member
Round 1
		172
		171
		169
		1
	abstentions	0
	invalid ballots	0
	required majority	116

Latin American and Caribbean States

Latin American and Caribbean States election results	Member
Round 1
		167
		1
	abstentions	6
	invalid ballots	0
	required majority	112

Eastern European Group

Eastern European States election results	Member
Round 1
		140
	Macedonia	30
	abstentions	4
	invalid ballots	0
	required majority	114

With Macedonia losing to Slovenia, and all the other candidates securing their respective majority supports of 2/3, the final result was as follows: Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, and Slovenia were elected to serve two-year terms at the United Nations Security Council commencing 1 January 1998.

References

UN Document GA/9329 press release
UN Document A/52/PV.30 Official record of General Assembly meeting, 14 October 1997, 10 a.m.

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