11.06.2021 – 19:16
Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted for the first time since Albania was elected for the first time in the Security Council. “GOOD NEWS. With 175 votes out of 117 required, Albania has just been elected a member of the UN Security Council for the years 2022-2023Writes Rama.
Albania was elected today a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The Security Council’s UN Security Council’s 15-member body has five veto-wielding members, five of whom are permanent members, the United States, France, Russia and China, and 10 non-permanent members. , with a two-year term.
Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates were in the race, without competitors from the respective regions, for 5 countries. To be elected, each had to secure two-thirds of the votes of UN member states. The vote was secret. Albania is the only country that has never been a member of the Security Council.
