India, Mexico, Ireland and Norway elected to UN Security Council, with Kenya and Djibouti vying for final seat
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Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway were elected to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, but the 193 UN member states must return on Thursday to continue voting to fill one more vacant seat after there was no clear winner.
Canada lost out to Ireland and Norway in a hotly contested election that included Ireland enlisting the help of U2 singer Bono and taking UN ambassadors to a U2 concert and Canada taking envoys to a Celine Dion concert.
Mexico and India were elected unopposed. Kenya and Djibouti were competing for the final seat, but there was no clear winner.
To ensure geographical representation, seats are allocated to regional groups.
But even if candidates are running unopposed in their group, they still need to win the support of more than two thirds of the UN General Assembly.