Zimbabwe has been elected to a non-permanent two-year term on the United Nations (UN) Security Council.
It is the third time the country will be represented on the body mandated to maintain international peace and security.
Zimbabwe will replace Somalia on the Council, whose term ends on December 31, and will join the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia on the Council as part of the “A3” in 2027.
Austria, Portugal, and Trinidad and Tobago were also elected, while the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan will go to a run-off for the final and fifth seat after neither received the two-thirds majority to secure the seat.
This will be Zimbabwe’s third term on the Council, having previously served as a non-permanent member for two-year terms in 1983-1984 and again in 1991-1992.
They will join the other two African nations to form the A3 with expectations that it will closely align its positions with those of the African Union (AU) and emphasise AU-led responses to conflict situations in Africa.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Prof. Amon Murwira, earlier indicated that his country stood for a peaceful world that respected international law, that promoted peaceful coexistence between nations, and that would promote diplomacy over confrontation with full support for the UN Charter.
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