NewsWhore
10-18-2006, 03:20 PM
The United Nations General Assembly has postponed voting for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 24 hours. After yesterday's voting there was no clear winner between competing nations Guatemala and Venezuela. To be selected, a country needs to have a two-thirds majority vote, and if a unanimous vote isn't reached, a third country from the region might be selected to enter the running for the seat. This is leading many to speculate that the DR could be the nation chosen to run. In case the process reaches that point, where a third party needs to be named, a country cannot name itself for the running, so another would have to choose the DR to run. Listin Diario is also reporting that the DR has decided not to say who they had voted for during yesterday's meeting, but they are citing an unnamed source who says that the DR did not vote for Venezuela in the first two rounds. Sub secretary for Foreign Relations Alejandra Liriano says that most nations have a policy of not revealing who they have voted for.
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