The UN General assembly elected Ethiopia on Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 to join the Security Council along with Sweden and Bolivia for 2017-18. (Photo: UN Security Council/Twitter )
Sweden, Ethiopia, Bolivia elected to U.N. council for 2017-18
Sweden, Ethiopia and Bolivia were elected to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday for 2017-18, with further voting taking place to decide another two seats with Kazakhstan competing against Thailand and the Netherlands against Italy.
The 193-member U.N. General Assembly elected Sweden with 134 votes in favor, Ethiopia with 185 and Bolivia with 183. Countries need more than two-thirds of the vote to win a seat.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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