UN to elect 5 new Security Council members
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The UN General Assembly elects five new members to the Security Council Thursday and the winners are virtually certain because there are no contested races: Nigeria, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and Chile.
Chad, Saudi Arabia and Lithuania have never served on the UN's most powerful body while Nigeria and Chile have both been on the council four times. Security Council seats are highly coveted because they give countries a strong voice in matters dealing with international peace and security, such as Syria, sanctions against Iran and North Korea and the UN's far-flung peacekeeping operations. (AP)
