Posted on 10/16/2014 10:30:42 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia were elected Thursday to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, while Turkey failed in its effort to join the U.N.'s most powerful body.
Neither Turkey nor Spain got enough votes in the first or second ballot of the election by the General Assembly's member states. Spain made it in the third ballot. Special attention had been on Turkey as it is under growing pressure to do more about the war in Syria pushing up against its border.
The winners will join the council on Jan. 1 and serve through 2016. The five will replace Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, South Korea and Rwanda.
Venezuela's socialist government was unopposed for the single seat allocated to Latin America and the Caribbean. Angola was the only candidate for an African seat, and Malaysia had no opposition for an Asian seat.
Venezuela's foreign minister, Rafael Ramirez, quickly dedicated "this huge triumph" to late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
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Good, now kick these Islamist Nazis bastards out of NATO and add Israel.
But Venezuela and Angola made it so it’s all good.
Allah is furious.
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As usual.
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