The 1985 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 1985 during the Fortieth session of the
United Nations General Assembly, held at
United Nations Headquarters in
New York City. The General Assembly elected
Bulgaria,
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
,
Ghana, the
United Arab Emirates, and
Venezuela, as the five new non-permanent members of the
UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1986. 1985 marks the first election of Congo and the United Arab Emirates to the Council.
Rules
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.
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 are allocated as follows:
*Two for
African
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
countries (held by
Egypt and
Upper Volta
Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso
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)
*One for the Asian Group (now the
Asia-
Pacific Group), for the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by
India)
*One for
Latin America and the Caribbean (held by
Brazil)
*One for the
Eastern European Group
The Group of Eastern European States (EEG) is one of the five United Nations regional groups and is composed of 23 Member States from Eastern, Central and Southern Europe.
The Group, as with all the regional groups, is a non-binding dialogue ...
(held by
Ukrainian SSR)
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 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.
Result
Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated.
Source:
[U.N. General Assembly, 40ht session. ''Provisional Verbatim Record of Thirty-Eight Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Thursday, 17 October 1985.'' (A/40/PV.38) 17 October 1985]
See also
*
List of members of the United Nations Security Council
References
External links
UN Document A/59/881Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004
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1985 elections
1985
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Non-partisan elections
1985 in international relations