Today, the United Nations elected five new member countries of the United Nations Security Council.
The General Assembly of the United Nations approved the membership of Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland for two years.
Mozambique and Switzerland will be in the Council for the first time, Malta for the second time, Ecuador for the third time, and Japan for the twelfth time.
Their mandate will begin on the first of January next year, and they will replace India, Norway, Mexico and Kenya, whose two-year mandate is expiring.
There was no opposition to the membership of the five new countries.
Candidate countries for Security Council membership must receive two-thirds of the total 193 votes, even if no country opposes admission.
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