Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala elected to UN council
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Pakistan, Morocco and Guatemala were elected on Friday to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013, and Islamabad's ambassador said he looked forward to working with fellow council member India.
Guatemala ran unopposed, but needed to secure a two-thirds majority in the 193-nation General Assembly. It won 191 votes. Pakistan scraped through in the first round of voting, defeating Kyrgyzstan with the minimum required 129 votes. Morocco received 151 votes. (Reuters)
