United Nations Security Council election, 1968 - wikipedia United Nations Security Council election, 1968 United Nations Security Council election, 1968 ← 1967 1 November 1968 1969 → 5 ( of 10 ) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council Members before election Ethiopia ( Africa ) India ( Asia ) Brazil ( LatAm&Car ) Canada ( WEOG ) Denmark ( WEOG ) New Members Zambia ( Africa ) Nepal ( Asia ) Colombia ( LatAm&Car ) Finland ( WEOG ) Spain ( WEOG ) The 1968 United Nations Security Council election was held on 1 November 1968 during the Twenty - third session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Colombia, Finland, Nepal, Spain, and Zambia, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two - year mandates commencing on 1 January 1969. Contents 1 Rules 2 Result 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Rules See also : United Nations Security Council The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two - year terms. A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election. In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows : One for African countries ( held by Ethiopia ) One for countries from the Asian Group ( now called the Asia - Pacific Group ) ( held by India ) One for Latin America and the Caribbean ( held by Brazil ) Two for the Western European and Others Group ( held by Canada and Denmark ) To be elected, a candidate must receive a two - thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on. Result The election was managed by then - President of the United Nations General Assembly Emilio Arenales Catalán of Guatemala. The United Nations had 125 member states at this time ( for a timeline of UN membership, see Enlargement of the United Nations ). There were no nomination prior to the vote. Delegates were to write the names of the five member states they wished elected on the ballot papers. Voting was conducted on a single ballot. Ballots containing more states from a certain region than seats allocated to that region were invalidated. Member Round 1 Nepal 120 Finland 119 Colombia 118 Zambia 115 Spain 110 Italy 5 Cuba Guinea Haiti Ireland abstentions 0 invalid ballots 0 required majority 82 ballot papers 123 See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council References Jump up ^ United Nations Security Council ( 2008 ), Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council, p. 178, retrieved 3 November 2011 Jump up ^ Conforti, Benedetto ( 2005 ), The law and practice of the United Nations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, p. 61, retrieved 3 November 2011 Jump up ^ Charter of the United Nations, Article 23 Jump up ^ Resolution 1991 A ( XVIII ), dated 1963 - 12 - 17, in force 1965 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia - Pacific group '', Radio New Zealand International, 2011 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ U.N. General Assembly, 25th session. Official Record of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 1 November 1968. ( A / PV. 1709 ) 1 November 1968 External links UN Document A / 59 / 881 Note Verbale from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica containing a record of Security Council elections up to 2004 United Nations Security Council elections 1940s 1946 ( Jan ) 1946 ( Nov ) 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1990s 2000s 2010s 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 General Assembly UNSC ( Members Reform ) Regional Groups ( EEG GRULAC WEOG ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Security_Council_election,_1968&oldid=788098241 '' Categories : 1968 elections United Nations Security Council elections Non-partisan elections 1968 in international relations Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from October 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 29 June 2017, at 12 : 52. 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Question: when was nepal elected non permanent member of security council of un
Answer: 1968