18 October 2012 – The United Nations General Assembly has elected Argentina, Australia and Rwanda to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2013.
The three countries obtained the required two-thirds majority of those Member States present and voting in the secret ballot held at UN Headquarters in New York.
The 193-member Assembly will hold a second round of balloting to remain the remaining two non-permanent seats. Balloting will continue until enough candidates reach that threshold, even if only one country is competing for a seat in a particular region.
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