The position alternates every month and as of August 2011, Russia is the president of the UN security council.
The Security Council has elected and permanent members.
The Security Council has elected and permanent members.
The United Nations was very critical of Indonesia during their conflict with Malaysia, and indeed, Malaysia was elected to the level of non-permanent member of the Security Council.
In 2010, 5 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council were chosen: Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa. Each of these countries' terms will end in 2012.
To date, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, has never been elected to serve on the United Nations Security Council. Lists of countries that have served on the council, and those that have never served, can be found on the website of the United Nations: http://www.un.org/en/sc/members/notelected.shtml
There are 15 members of the UN Security Council, 5 are permanent and 10 are elected.
They are elected by the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations for 15 year terms; five judges go out of office every 3 years, but may be re-elected.
They are elected by the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations for 15 year terms; five judges go out of office every 3 years, but may be re-elected.
Yes. India is the third active contributing member to the United Nation Security council. It has been elected 7 times. All the permanent members exept Japan have supported India.
The UN security council has 15 members. Of these, 5 nations are permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, & United States) who hold veto power. The remaining 10 are elected non-permanent members with two-year terms. The non-permanent members are elected from the General Assembly and do not have veto power over the Council's resolutions.
They did not get elected; that is what the permanent refers to. The five permanent members have their positions on the UNSC guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations. It was considered that these five nations would be the best stewards of peace since they represented four different continents and were the Allied Leaders in World War II.
No, it is not true that women can not be elected for presidency. Women can be elected for presidency.