Morning Memo
The Asian regional group nominates Iran as one of 10 candidates (for 10 seats) to the
ECOSOC elections on Monday
On Monday, 25 October, the UN General Assembly will elect eighteen states to three-year terms
Morning Memo
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is confident of being elected to a second term. He says
Morning Memo
Russia’s Ambassador to Angola backs 2 permanent seats for Africa at on the Security Council
Roundup on Security Council election
Germany to use its UN Security Council seat to make case for reform (Deutsche-Welle) “”Germany
Canada’s Trouncing
I was in Buenos Aires this past week at a conference/board meeting for groups in
Portugal supports Canadian UNSC bid…
… as long as Portugal gets the second seat. Joao Gomes Cravinho, Portugal’s Secretary of