Seventeen states were elected Wednesday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term, Xinhua reported.
Annalena Baerbock, president of the General Assembly, announced the results after voting by secret ballot in the assembly.
Elected were Angola, Eritrea, Guinea, Morocco, Senegal from African states; Malaysia, the Maldives, the Republic of Korea from Asia-Pacific states; North Macedonia from Eastern European states; Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala from Latin American and Caribbean states; and Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal from Western European and other states.
Those 17 states have been elected for a three-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.
One vacancy from the Latin American and Caribbean group remains to be filled.
In a by-election for rotation within the Western European and other states group, Luxembourg was elected for a one-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2027. It replaces Switzerland.
ECOSOC has 54 members, which are elected each year by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the council are allocated on the basis of geographical representation, with 14 seats to African states, 11 to Asia-Pacific states, six to Eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states, and 13 to Western European and other states.