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The UN General Assembly has elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. They will each serve a two-year term starting from Jan. 1, 2016.
Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2015, shows the United Nations General Assembly announces the election result of five non-permanent members of the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York,
the United States. The UN General Assembly Thursday elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay as non-permanent members of UN Security Council,
which will serve a two-year term starting from Jan. 1, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
The five countries won the required two-thirds of votes for the non-permanent seats in the first ballot after being put forward by their regional groups.
The newly-elected members will replace the retiring members of Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, and Nigeria.
The UN Security Council consists of five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members elected by the UNGA.
Five non-permanent members are elected every year. The five permanent and veto-wielding members are Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.
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