Spain beats Turkey for a rotating seat on United Nations Security Council

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Series Details 17.10.14
Publication Date 17/10/2014
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On the 16 October 2014 the 193 members of the General Assembly of the United Nations selected Spain to hold one of the 10 available non-permanent seats for the 2015-2016 period.

Victory came in the third round of voting, when Turkey lost out to Spain 60-132.

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UN: News Centre: News, 16.10.14: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela elected to serve on UN Security Council http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49090#.VEFEl1eKVnQ
Spain: Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN: 10 reasons why Spain is a reliable partner (Security Council 2015-2016) http://www.spainun.org/en/2014/10/10-reasons-why-spain-is-a-reliable-partner-security-council-2015-2016/

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