UNSC gets five new non-permanent members

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN Security Council Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world's "top table." The five countries garnered the required two-thirds support from the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly during three rounds of voting that ended with Turkey picking up only 60 votes. Turkey had been competing against New Zealand and Spain for two seats and had dispatched Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on a high-profile mission to New York this week to lobby for votes.    — AFP