2023-05-28 12:30:29
According to the United Nations on the 27th (local time), the UN General Assembly will hold elections for non-permanent members of the Security Council for the 2024-2025 term at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the morning of the 6th of next month.
Korea is the only candidate for the Asia-Pacific Group in this election, which will select new board members who will begin their term in January next year.
South Korea, Algeria, Sierra Leone (above Africa), and Guyana (Latin America) were the sole candidates for the election, which was held for one Asia-Pacific region, two African countries, one Central and South American country, and one Eastern Europe country. Only in Eastern Europe, Slovenia and Belarus compete for a spot.
Korea’s entry into the Security Council next year is highly likely. As he is the sole candidate approved by the UN Asia-Pacific Group in June of last year, the prevailing view is that he will pass the ‘128 votes’, the last line.
To become a non-permanent member of the Security Council, a two-thirds majority of the voting members must approve. Assuming that all 192 Member States currently eligible to vote are present, a minimum of 128 votes is required.
If a single candidate country also falls short of this standard, the vote is repeated until more than two-thirds of the votes are obtained.
One variable is the intensifying camp confrontation between the West and China and Russia due to the war in Ukraine, the US-China conflict, and the North Korean nuclear issue. This is because there is a high possibility that North Korea and pro-North Korea countries will not support South Korea.
In particular, there is an analysis that China and Russia may be wary of the picture of triangular cooperation between Korea, the United States and Japan at the Security Council next year, with the United States, a permanent member, and Japan, a non-permanent member from 2023 to 2024, as well as South Korea.
However, expectations are higher that the election campaign conducted over the past year and a half centered on the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the mission to the United Nations, and diplomatic missions in each country will bear fruit.
Hwang Joon-guk, Ambassador to the United Nations, recently invited the ambassadors of the United States and Japan to his official residence to discuss ways to cooperate in entering the Security Council, and also met with ambassadors from Pacific island countries and continental countries to ask for their support. On the 5th, the day before the election, a reception will be held and a last-minute all-out war will be held.
At the time of election, Korea is returning to the Security Council after 11 years following the last 2013-2014.
Given that the Security Council is the most powerful United Nations body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, it is not insignificant that South Korea is becoming the third non-permanent member.
It is expected that South Korea, a party to North Korea’s nuclear and missile, cyber threats, and human rights issues, will not only lead discussions on response to the Security Council, but also voice a voice befitting its status as a top 10 country in the world on global issues such as the Ukraine crisis.
Reporter Lee Chang-joon [email protected]
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