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3 UN elections on June 17 including new council members

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 The president of the UN General Assembly announced Tuesday that elections for new members of the UN Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, and his successor as head of the 193-member world body will be held simultaneously on June 17.

Last Friday, assembly president Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced the adoption of a new voting procedure for elections, aimed at preventing a large gathering and ensuring social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead of meeting in the horseshoe-shaped assembly chamber at UN headquarters overlooking New York's East River, ambassadors from UN member nations will cast secret ballots during spaced-out time slots.

Muhammad-Bande said Tuesday that voting will take place in the General Assembly Hall and that five working days prior to the elections, he will inform all countries of their specific time slot.

The assembly president said the casting of ballots will be webcast, and he will be in the assembly hall overseeing the voting along with tellers who will also be observing the whole process.

The UN headquarters complex remains open for essential workers, but Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ordered UN staff to work from home until June 30.

This year's closely watched Security Council election had been scheduled for June 17, but it wasn't clear until Muhammad-Bande's announcement that it would keep the date.

The Security Council has five permanent members -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France -- and 10 members elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms, with five members elected every year.

This year, seven countries are vying for five seats on the UN's most powerful body, and there are two hotly contested races.

In the group of Western nation, Canada, Ireland and Norway are battling for two seats, and in Africa, Kenya and Djibouti are competing for one seat. India is running unopposed for the Asia-Pacific seat, and Mexico is running unopposed for the seat for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Winning a council seat is a pinnacle of achievement for many countries because it gives them a strong voice on issues of international peace and security ranging from conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine to the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and Iran, and attacks by extremist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida.

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