5 New Members Elected to United Nations Security Council

·        The UN General Assembly on October 18, 2012 elected the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Luxembourg to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC).

·        The two joined Argentina, Australia and Rwanda, which were elected earlier, to serve as new non-permanent members of the powerful UN body.

·        The ROK and Luxembourg won their Council seats after two rounds of secret ballot, garnering 149 and 131 votes from the 193 UN member states respectively.

·        According to Vuk Jeremic, the President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly who presided over the voting.

·        Rwanda won 148 votes, Argentina 182 and Australia 140 in the first round.