Sweden has won election to a seat on the UN Security Council in the first round of voting, defeating the Netherlands and Italy who must now fight for a second open Europe seat.
Neither Kazakhstan nor Thailand gained the required two-thirds majority of those voting in the 193-member General Assembly on Tuesday so they must face each other again in a second round of voting for one Asian seat.
Ethiopia and Bolivia, who faced no opposition, were also elected to the U.N.’s most powerful body.
Sweden has been one of Europe’s most strident critics of Israel, becoming the continent’s first country to recognize Palestine in 2014.
The 15-member Security Council includes five permanent members with veto power — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France — and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. Seats are allocated by region, and regional groups nominate candidates.
— AP, with Times of Israel
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