· The UN General Assembly on October 18, 2012 elected the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Luxembourg to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC).
· The two joined Argentina, Australia and Rwanda, which were elected earlier, to serve as new non-permanent members of the powerful UN body.
· The
ROK and Luxembourg won their Council seats after two rounds of secret
ballot, garnering 149 and 131 votes from the 193 UN member states
respectively.
· According to Vuk Jeremic, the President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly who presided over the voting.
· Rwanda won 148 votes, Argentina 182 and Australia 140 in the first round.
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