PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Kenya and others after their election as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2021 to 2022.
Joining Kenya at the iconic horseshoe-shaped table in January are India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway. Canada lost out on Wednesday in the other contested seat, within the “Western Europe and other States” group.
“As South Africa’s two-year term will come to an end on 31 December 2020, we will continue to work closely with the existing and newly elected members of the Security Council, in ensuring collective multilateral action to maintain international peace and security,” said Ramaphosa on Friday.
The elections took place on 17 and 18 June 2020 in the UN General Assembly in New York.
UN Member States chose the country in a second round of voting on Thursday in the General Assembly, with 192 ambassadors casting their ballots during pre-determined time
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