NEW YORK, USA
The United Nations Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally took up the posts they won in an election in June.
Gabon and Ghana each have been on the council
three times before and the UAE once.
The 15-member council is the United Nations’
most powerful body. China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United
States are permanent members, with veto power.
Other members are elected by the 193-member
General Assembly for two-year terms that are allocated by global regions.
The African continent non-permanent seats on
the Security Council, were held by Kenya, Tunisia and Niger.
South African and Senegalese presidents had
last year called for a permanent representation of the African people in the
council.
Council members also can convene meetings on
security topics of particular interest to them, and smaller countries get to
share a prominent platform with world powers.
More than 50 of the U.N.'s 193 member countries
have never been elected to the council since it formed in 1946. - Africa
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