Saturday, September 20, 2008

Turkey's Candidacy for the United Nations Security Council

"Turkey's Candidacy for the United Nations Security Council

Turkey's Candidacy for the United Nations Security Council

When Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan travel to New York this month as part of the opening of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, they will urge their counterparts to consider Turkey for one of the non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. Turkey is a candidate for the seat on the Security Council allocated to the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) for the term 2009-2010. Elections for the seat are scheduled for October 17."

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