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BREAKING: Indonesia elected to U.N. Security Council
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), meets about the ongoing Ukrainian-Russian conflict on August 28, 2014 in New York City. Russia continues to move troops and men into Ukraine to arm Ukrainian separatists. (Agence France -Presse/Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)
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he United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term on the Security Council starting on Jan. 1, 2019.
Indonesia drew more votes than the Maldives in the only contested election; the other four candidates ran unopposed. Uncontested candidates still need to win more than two-thirds of the overall General Assembly vote to be elected.
The council is the only U.N. body that can make legally binding decisions and has the power to impose sanctions and authorize the use of force.
Earlier, Indonesian Ambassador to the UN Dian Triansyah Djani said many countries had declared their support for the country’s attempt to become the council’s non-permanent member for the 2019-2020 period.
