Luxembourg and South Korea elected to U.N. Security Council MyZA

UNITED NATIONS Oct 18 (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly
elected South Korea and Luxembourg -alongside Australia,
Argentina and Rwanda – to the 15-nation U.N. Security Council on
Thursday for 2013 and 2014 after two rounds of voting.

South Korea beat Cambodia and Bhutan to win the two-thirds
majority of the 193-member General Assembly needed to secure the
one Asia-Pacific seat. South Korea received 149 votes in the
second round of voting.

Luxembourg won over Finland to take the second of two seats
available for the “Western European and Others” group.
Luxembourg picked up 131 votes. Australia won the first seat
available to the group after the first round of voting.