In a single round of voting today (8 Jun,) the United Nations General Assembly elected Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Belgium as non-permanent Members of the Security Council, and each will serve two-year terms on the body that sets the UN’s whole peace and security agenda.
They will fill the seats being vacated by Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Sweden at the end of this year, having each served two-year terms on the 15-member Security Council.
Belgium and Germany; the Dominican Republic, and South Africa, ran unopposed from their respective regional groups, while Indonesia secured its place following a run-off with the Maldives for the Asia-Pacific Group seat.
The five new members will take up their seats from 1 January 2019.
