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2005 United Nations Security Council election

Election to the United Nations Security Council

Field	Value
election_name	2005 United Nations Security Council election
country	United Nations
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 United Nations Security Council election
previous_year	2004
next_election	2006 United Nations Security Council election
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
election_date	10 October 2005
map_image	UN Security Council 2006.svg
map_caption	United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
title	Members
before_election
(Africa)
(Asia)
(E. Europe)
(LatAm&Car)
posttitle	New Members
after_election

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

(LatAm&Car)

The 2005 United Nations Security Council election was held on 10 October 2005 during the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2006. The countries elected were the Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia with Qatar and Slovakia being elected for the first time.

Geographic distribution

In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats were allocated as follows:

Two for Africa (then held by Algeria and Benin)
One for Asia (then held by the Philippines)
One for Eastern Europe (then held by Romania)
One for Latin America and the Caribbean (then held by Brazil)

Results

The five members (elected by a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly, in as many rounds of voting as it takes to achieve that majority) served on the Security Council for the 2006–07 period.

There were six candidates for five spots on the Council: Congo, Ghana, Nicaragua, Qatar, Peru, and Slovakia.

There was a total of 191 ballots in each of the three elections. For each geographic group, each member state could vote for as many candidates as were to be elected. Voting was done by secret ballot.

:African and Asian States (three to be elected)

Congo 188
Ghana 184
Qatar 186
Indonesia 1
abstentions 2

:Eastern European States (one to be elected)

Slovakia 185
abstentions 6

:Latin American and Caribbean States (one to be elected)

Peru 144
Nicaragua 43
abstentions 4

References

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

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