Beginning in January next year, Seoul will serve as one of the 10 nonpermanent members of the UN’s most powerful body, which also includes five permanent members with veto power: China, France, Russia, the UK and US., the
news site wrote, adding that the annual election selects countries to replace five nonpermanent seats each year.
President Yoon Suk Yeol described the win as “the victory of South Korea’s outreach to the world,” his spokesperson said Wednesday. Seoul, which received 180 votes out of 192 voting countries -- more than the required two-thirds of the General Assembly -- last served on the council from 2013-2014, following its first-ever term from 1996-1997.
