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Turkey, Austria and Japan were elected today to fill non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. The three nations defeated Iceland and Iran in General Assembly election.
Turkey and Austria pushed out Iceland for the two rotating seats that are reserved for the mostly European bloc. Iceland had lobbied hard, although its financial crisis had raised questions about its candidacy. Turkey won 151 votes and Austria 133, surpassing in the first round of voting the 128 votes required for the two-thirds majority out of 192 votes cast.
In the race for the single available Asian rotating seat, Japan easily defeated Iran by 158 votes to 32.
They join Uganda, for Africa, and Mexico in taking up the five rotating seats on the 15-seat Security Council for the 2009 and 2010 sessions. (Link)
The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France.
How completely crazy are the leaders of Iran to think they had any chance in hell being elected to the Council?
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