Jordan wins Security Council seat, replaces Saudis

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly elected Jordan to the Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected the seat it won in an unprecedented act to protest the council´s failure to end the Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.




Jordan was chosen by Arab countries as a replacement and was endorsed by Asian nations to take the traditional Arab seat on the U.N.´s most powerful body. It received 178 "yes" votes in the election.Saudi Arabia got one vote, and four countries in the 193-member world body abstained.The 10 other countries were either absent or unable to vote because of unpaid dues.Jordan´s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said the country was "extremely honored" and "humbled" by the near consensus support from the international community which recognized "Jordan´s relentless efforts in the pursuit of peace and security, the very principles that the Security Council is mandated to preserve."He singled out Jordan´s contribution to international peacekeeping forces, which he called "one of the  most effective and sizable participations in the world."

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