Pakistan elected for UN temporary seat

[Emmie]

Congratulations Pakistan..

 

[JayAtl]

congrats Pak- making pakistan play a role on the world stage will only help the moderate voices get stronger.

 

[Emmie]

129 means a massive diplomatic failure..

 

[JayAtl]

and thecompitition was with kirghystan

just some research anytime would help...allow me to help

Nine countries are vying for the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council that will fall vacant on December 31, 2011. The candidates include Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo (from the African and Asia-Pacific States); Azerbaijan, Hungary and Slovenia (from the Eastern European States); and Guatemala (from the Latin American and Caribbean States), Director of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division Ion Botnaru told reporters on Wednesday.

The countries whose terms are expiring this year are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria. The other five temporary members that will remain through 2012 besides are India, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa.

Botnaru said three candidates will be elected from Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, one from Eastern Europe and one from Latin America and the Caribbean. All except Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Guatemala had previously served on the Council. To win, each country needs to garner support from two thirds of those present and voting in the Assembly, the target being 128. Voting is by secret ballot.

The Security Council has five veto-holding permanent members - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China — and 10 temporary elected members without vetoes. Pakistan’s earlier terms on the Council were in 2003-04, 1993-94, 1983-84, 1976-77, 1968-69 and 1952-53.

 

[Areesh]

we will manage it! we like some extra space for comfort.Please show your big hearts not a$$

Keep begging for it.

 

[Jango]

That crucial vote came from India which bailed you out

you wish!!!

 

[Areesh]

129 means a massive diplomatic failure..

I was thinking the same.

 

[Emmie]

UN Security Council: Pakistan barely wins non-permanent member seat

WASHINGTON: Winning the bare minimum required to win the hotly contested elections, Pakistan won a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term.

Securing 129 out of 193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly, exactly the two-third majority required to win the seat, Pakistan will now be a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in a term that begins on January 2012 and will end in December 2013. The seat is on the Asia-Pacific and Africa group, where Pakistan will join India amongst other countries as non-permanent members. Morocco was also elected as a member of the non-permanent seats in the UNSC. Pakistan’s sole competition was expected to be with Kyrgyzstan, which was also hopeful of winning the Asia-Pacific seat. According to reports, Pakistan had secured support from India, China and the UAE amongst other countries to help Pakistan win the election.

Pakistan has been a member of the 15-member Council on six occasions in the past — 1952-53, 1968-69, 1976-77, 1983-84, 1993-94 and 2003-04. This would be the seventh time Pakistan would serve on the Security Council, and the fourth time its term would overlap with India. India and Pakistan have shared terms in the Security Council in 1968, 1977 and 1984.

Marking the culmination of a vigorous campaign spearheaded by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, said Pakistan’s election to the Security Council is the acknowledgement by the international community of its services and its capabilities to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security which is the main function of the Security Council. The Pakistan delegation, led by Ambassador Abdullah Haroon, thus appeared to be confident of victory. “We have worked very, very hard over the past months,” Ambassador Haroon said.

A statement released from the permanent mission of Pakistan at the UN read “Pakistan is joining the Security Council at a time of great international upheaval and challenges. Pakistan’s extensive experience and active participation in the UN system makes it uniquely qualified to positively contribute towards addressing the current problems.”

UN Security Council: Pakistan barely wins non-permanent member seat – The Express Tribune

 

[karan.1970]

I was thinking the same.

I have a different view.. Pakistan despite the current reputation it has wrt terror and Taliban, still making thru is a great achievement for the UN team.. Surely a failure from an overall strategy perspective that has put Pakistan with this perception to begin with, but I personally think, the Pakistani UN team pulled off a great win..

 

[Jango]

129 means a massive diplomatic failure..

Yeah, we won by just one vote i think, as being reported in the news channels.

But a win is a win.

 

[matrixmikeneo]

That crucial vote came from India which bailed you out

jokes apart, is that true???? Then somewhere the Pakistanis whould atleast say thank u to us... but I heard them talking about this being a slap in the face for India!!!!


and one more thing, JUST129 VOTES!!! now that's what I call winning on the last ball... thank God salman butt or Mohd asif weren't playing!!!!!

 

[matrixmikeneo]

UN Security Council: Pakistan barely wins non-permanent member seat

WASHINGTON: Winning the bare minimum required to win the hotly contested elections, Pakistan won a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term.

Securing 129 out of 193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly, exactly the two-third majority required to win the seat, Pakistan will now be a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in a term that begins on January 2012 and will end in December 2013. The seat is on the Asia-Pacific and Africa group, where Pakistan will join India amongst other countries as non-permanent members. Morocco was also elected as a member of the non-permanent seats in the UNSC. Pakistan’s sole competition was expected to be with Kyrgyzstan, which was also hopeful of winning the Asia-Pacific seat. According to reports, Pakistan had secured support from India, China and the UAE amongst other countries to help Pakistan win the election.

Pakistan has been a member of the 15-member Council on six occasions in the past — 1952-53, 1968-69, 1976-77, 1983-84, 1993-94 and 2003-04. This would be the seventh time Pakistan would serve on the Security Council, and the fourth time its term would overlap with India. India and Pakistan have shared terms in the Security Council in 1968, 1977 and 1984.

Marking the culmination of a vigorous campaign spearheaded by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, said Pakistan’s election to the Security Council is the acknowledgement by the international community of its services and its capabilities to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security which is the main function of the Security Council. The Pakistan delegation, led by Ambassador Abdullah Haroon, thus appeared to be confident of victory. “We have worked very, very hard over the past months,” Ambassador Haroon said.

A statement released from the permanent mission of Pakistan at the UN read “Pakistan is joining the Security Council at a time of great international upheaval and challenges. Pakistan’s extensive experience and active participation in the UN system makes it uniquely qualified to positively contribute towards addressing the current problems.”

UN Security Council: Pakistan barely wins non-permanent member seat – The Express Tribune

u were absolutely right Ashok!!!!!

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Utne margin se to Rakhi Sawant also makes it

or could that have been a tie!!!!

 

[Patriot]

 

[Emmie]

u were absolutely right Ashok!!!!!

Dont be that overenthusiastic, Pakistan also has helped India in past getting elected a non-permanent member of UNSC.
Its like you scratch my back and I scratch yours.

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Keep begging for it.

LOL... begging ??? We already are a non-permanent member since 2010

India was today elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, a position which would help it push more aggressively for the reform of the world body's top organ.

India secured an emphatic win, with 187 of the 191 member states in the General Assembly backing its candidature and one member state abstaining from the vote.

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We got 187 out of 191


Btw...i was replying to aryan_b because of his this post... why you jumped in btw "Shaktiman"

we should gift it to incredible indians cos they want seat badly