And the UN Seat Goes to Panama

Tue07Nov2006

And the UN Seat Goes to Panama

The fight was originally between U.S. backed Guatemala and Venezuela, bit ultimately it was Panama who won a seat on the U.N. Security Council on the 48th ballot today.

Panama got 164 votes in the 192-member U.N. General Assembly, more than the 120 needed to win a two-year term starting Jan. 1 on the U.N.'s most powerful body. Venezuela got 11 votes, Guatemala 4 votes, and Barbados 1 vote.

the five new members of the Security Council now are Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama and South Africa.

The 34 Latin American and Caribbean nations endorsed Panama as a candidate on Friday after a standoff between Guatemala and Venezuela that was the third-longest battle for a seat on the Security Council in the U.N.'s 61-year history.

Via / The New York Post
Image Via /InfoPlease.com

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