According to Yahoo News report, Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues, said on Friday (11th October, 2013) it would not take up its seat on the United Nations Security Council.
The Saudi Arabia kingdom reportedly condemned what it called international double standards on the Middle East and demanded reforms in the Security Council.
The UN's General Assembly on Thursday (10th October, 2013) elected five new countries to non-permanent seats on the Security Council, with all of the candidates running unopposed.
Chad and Nigeria are to replace Morocco and Togo as African representatives on the body. Meanwhile, Lithuania takes the East European seat, which is currently held by Azerbaijan. Saudi Arabia takes over from Pakistan as a representative for the Asia-Pacific region, while Chile was elected from the Latin American region to replace Guatemala.
Chad, Nigeria and Lithuania have never before held a place on the 15-member council, while Nigeria and Chile have each been members four times in the past.
1 comment:
Well I hope Saudis know what they want?
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