Montevideo.- Uruguay is the “only” candidate from Latin America and the Caribbean and has the necessary votes to be elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in October, Foreign Minister Luis Almagro said on Tuesday.
“The endorsement of the Uruguayan candidacy was achieved. It means that all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean elect Uruguay to occupy the position that corresponds to Latin America and the Caribbean on the Security Council,” the diplomat told radio Sarandí. “We remain the only candidates in the region for that position and with the necessary votes to achieve it,” when the vote is held during the UN General Assembly in October, the official added.
The achievement of Uruguayan diplomacy was announced by the country’s representative to the UN, Gonzalo Koncke, to the newspaper El Observador, which published it in its edition this Tuesday. The support of the countries of the regional bloc “was unanimous,” Koncke told the morning newspaper. Occupying a place on that UN body is highly coveted as it gives the countries that occupy it the opportunity to make decisions on international security issues, such as UN peace operations, Syria and other conflicts.
The 15-member council includes five permanent members with veto power: the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. The rest serve a period of two years. On February 18, the Uruguayan foreign minister will present his proposal to lead the Organization of American States (OAS). Almagro appears as the only candidate and has the support of 20 countries to be the replacement for the Chilean José Miguel Insulza, who ends his term in May.
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2024-05-03 15:12:49
