Somali Wins Non-Permanent Seat On UN Security Council
Somalia has won a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council – hailed as a significant step for the war-torn nation.
It will be the first time the country, which descended into civil war more than 30 years ago, has held the position since the 1970s.
The top table at the UN determines how the organization should respond to conflicts around the world.
Analysts say Somalia’s battle to bring an end to its turmoil and its fight against Islamist militants will help inform the UN’s decisions.
There are 10 rotating non-permanent members on the council, along with the five permanent members – the US, the UK, France, China and Russia.
To win a seat, which can carry influence in world affairs, a country
Needs to secure the support of at least two thirds of the general assembly delegations that are voting.
Read Also:
Heat Kills More Than 50 People in India within Three Days
Somalia was elected along with Denmark, Greece, Pakistan and Panama to serve for two years from January next year.
It bagged the seat allocated to the East Africa Region unopposed and went on to win 179 votes in a secret ballot in the 193-member general assembly.
James Swan, the UN secretary general’s acting special representative for Somalia, said the country’s experiences placed it in a unique position to contribute to the Security Council’s deliberations on international peace and security.
Somalia has come a long way over the past three decades on its path to peace, prosperity and security, Mr Swan said.
Security expert Samira Gaid told UK-based Warpod podcast that Somalia was no longer the poster child for problems in the Horn of Africa.
The UN Security Council has significant responsibilities and can authorise peacekeeping operations and impose international sanctions.
Last December, it lifted a longstanding arms embargo on Somalia.
Non-permanent members of the council are allocated by region, but unlike the five permanent members, they do not have the power of veto.
There are currently three non-permanent African states on the council – Algeria, Sierra Leone and Mozambique, which Somalia will be replacing.
The AU has been pushing for the continent to have two permanent representatives on the council and an additional two seats as non-permanent representatives.
how to buy lasuna – purchase himcolin without prescription order himcolin
buy besifloxacin medication – cost sildamax sildamax for sale
buy neurontin without prescription – purchase azulfidine pills buy azulfidine no prescription
benemid us – probenecid 500mg ca carbamazepine cost
how to buy celebrex – celebrex 100mg pill order indomethacin 75mg online
colospa 135mg canada – buy cheap generic etoricoxib order pletal 100 mg for sale
purchase diclofenac pills – order diclofenac 100mg pills aspirin 75mg canada
rumalaya online buy – buy generic amitriptyline 10mg cheap amitriptyline 50mg
buy mestinon no prescription – order generic mestinon buy azathioprine 50mg without prescription
cheap voveran generic – voveran oral nimodipine without prescription
order baclofen 10mg generic – buy feldene online cheap buy piroxicam 20mg pills
order mobic 7.5mg without prescription – buy maxalt medication toradol 10mg us
buy periactin 4mg generic – tizanidine order online oral tizanidine 2mg
buy artane sale – artane online order purchase emulgel online cheap
cost omnicef 300mg – purchase cleocin sale
buy accutane for sale – order accutane 10mg online order deltasone 40mg
buy deltasone 5mg sale – buy deltasone 20mg sale buy elimite
cost acticin – buy benzac cheap buy tretinoin cream online cheap
betamethasone for sale online – monobenzone price purchase monobenzone online cheap
buy metronidazole 400mg for sale – buy metronidazole pills cenforce 50mg price
oral augmentin – levoxyl over the counter levoxyl tablets
buy clindamycin cheap – order indomethacin 75mg sale indomethacin 75mg generic
order losartan 50mg online cheap – buy cozaar 50mg without prescription cheap keflex 500mg
purchase crotamiton sale – purchase mupirocin cream aczone order online
order bupropion generic – order xenical 60mg generic shuddha guggulu pill
provigil sale – meloset medication order meloset 3 mg
cost prometrium 200mg – buy fertomid pill buy clomiphene sale
capecitabine sale – naprosyn order online order danazol 100mg for sale
buy norethindrone generic – buy lumigan generic buy yasmin pills
where can i buy alendronate – order pilex sale buy provera 5mg for sale