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UN elects 15-member Security council

UN elects 15-member Security council
5 newly elected non-permanent members of the UNSC for two-year term starting next January.

United Nations, Jun 9 (UNI) The United Nations General Assembly elected Indonesia, Germany, Belgium, South Africa and the Dominican Republic as serve as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term starting next January.
All but three of the 193 UN member states cast paper ballots. Germany and the Dominican Republic each obtained 184 votes. South Africa got 183 votes, Belgium 181 and 144 went to Indonesia.
The 15-member council is the only UN body that can make legally binding decisions and has the power to impose sanctions and authorise the use of force, a report in Pakistan daily Dawn said.

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