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1993 United Nations Security Council election

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To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted
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For the elections, 176 ballots were distributed in the first three rounds, while in the fourth round this was 162 ballots. There was a recess held between rounds three and four. Prior to the fourth round, Mr. Touré of Guinea-Bissau rose to speak. He claimed that only Rwanda and Guinea-Bissau were
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The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.
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gave the endorsement of the African Group to Rwanda from the central Africa region, but gave no endorsement to either Guinea-Bissau or Nigeria, both of which were stated to be candidates, and both from the west Africa region.
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Prior to the election, the Chairmen of the respective Regional Groups conveyed to the General Assembly what nations they were endorsing as candidates for membership on the Security Council. Mr. Mumbengegwi of
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for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1994. Oman and Rwanda were elected for the first time ever, while the Czech Republic was elected for the first time as a separate country after the
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voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.
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UN Document A/66/100, Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly
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into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:
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valid candidates of the African Group. He then withdrew his nation's candidacy "in a spirit of preserving the repute and higher interests of Africa".
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of Nigeria then claimed that both Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria were recognised as candidates by the Council of Ministers of the
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In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the
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Following the candidatures, and before the actual vote, at the initiative of
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gave the endorsement of the Latin American and Caribbean Group to Argentina.
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was held on 29 October 1993 during the Forty-eighth session of the
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Official record of General Assembly meeting, 29 October 1993
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Official record of General Assembly meeting, 29 October 1993
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Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
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List of members of the United Nations Security Council
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Latin American and Caribbean Group election results
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Index

1992
1994
United Nations Security Council

Cape Verde
Africa
Morocco
Africa
Arab
Japan
Asia
Venezuela
LatAm&Car
Hungary
E. Europe
Rwanda
Africa
Nigeria
Africa
Oman
Asia
Arab
Argentina
LatAm&Car
Czech Republic
E. Europe
Guinea-Bissau
Belarus
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Headquarters

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