| Election Name: | 1999 United Nations Security Council election |
| Country: | United Nations |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 United Nations Security Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United Nations Security Council election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | 14 October 1999 |
| Members | |
| Before Election: | (Africa) (Africa) (Asia, Arab) (LatAm&Car) (E. Europe) |
| Posttitle: | New Members |
| After Election: | |
| Unsuccessful candidates | |
| (Eastern European Group) |
The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.[2]
In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes,[3] the five available seats are allocated as follows:[4]
To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.
Prior to the vote, the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Gurirab informed the General Assembly of the candidates as follows: Bangladesh, Mali, and Tunisia from the African and Asian States as endorsed candidates, Jamaica from the Latin American and Caribbean States as the endorsed candidate, and Slovakia and Ukraine from the Eastern European States as candidates not enjoying the full endorsement of their respective regional group.
| African and Asian States election results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | |
| 172 | ||
| 172 | ||
| 171 | ||
| abstentions | 0 | |
| invalid ballots | 0 | |
| required majority | 115 | |
| ballots distributed | 172 | |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group election results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | |
| 171 | ||
| abstentions | 0 | |
| invalid ballots | 1 | |
| required majority | 114 | |
| ballots distributed | 172 | |
| Eastern European Group election results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| 92 | 98 | 113 | 158 | ||
| 79 | 72 | 57 | 3 | ||
| abstentions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| invalid ballots | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| required majority | 114 | 114 | 114 | 108 | |
| ballots distributed | 172 | 171 | 170 | 168 | |
Prior to the fourth round of voting, Mr. Tomka of Slovakia rose to speak. He thanked all the delegations for their support for Slovakia's bid for Security Council membership, and then formally withdrew their candidacy, wishing Ukraine well.