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| Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon:Permanent Representative of Pakistan at the UNSC |
New York: Pakistan has been elected non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council for Asia-Pacific region. The UN headquarters in New York,yesterday,hosted elections of non-permanent Security Council members for 2012-2013. Pakistan got 129 votes out of 193. Pakistan had required 128 votes to win the non-permanent seat of United Nations Security Council.
Pakistan won the non-permanent seat of United Nations Security Council for the seventh time. New non-permanent UNSC members are Pakistan, Morocco and Guatemala.
Pakistan won the non-permanent seat of United Nations Security Council for the seventh time. New non-permanent UNSC members are Pakistan, Morocco and Guatemala.
Based on the Article 23 of the UN Charter, the General Assembly elects ten non-permanent Security Council members. The number of non-permanent members was increased from six to ten by an amendment of the UN Charter in 1965.
News Details : The News Tribe
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