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2004 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council

Field	Value
election_name	2004 United Nations Security Council election
country	United Nations
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2003 United Nations Security Council election
previous_year	2003
next_election	2005 United Nations Security Council election
next_year	2005
seats_for_election	5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
election_date	15 October 2004
map_image	UN Security Council 2005.svg
map_caption	United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
title	Members
before_election	(Africa)
(Asia)
(LatAm&Car)
(WEOG)
(WEOG)
posttitle	New Members
after_election

(Asia) (LatAm&Car) (WEOG) (WEOG)

The 2004 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2004 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 59th 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 2005.

The five candidate nations elected were Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, and Tanzania.

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: one from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin American and the Caribbean, and two from Western Europe and Other States.

Candidates

Before voting, the representative from Eritrea took the floor to formally withdraw his country's candidacy. The country has never been elected to the UN Security Council. Consequently, to Eritrea's withdrawal, all the available seats would be elected without any serious contest. The five declared candidates therefore easily obtained the required 2/3 majority in the General Assembly.

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 189 ballots in each of the three elections.

Group A — African and Asian States (two to be elected)

United Republic of Tanzania 186
Japan 184
Bhutan 1

Group B — Latin American and Caribbean States (one to be elected)

Argentina 188
abstentions 1

Group C — Western European and Other States (two to be elected)

Greece 187
Denmark 181

References

"Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council".

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