Deadlock In Vote For Seat On Security Council
(N.Z. Pre»« Association— Copyright) (Rec. 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 19. The United Nations General Assembly today remained in a deadlock in the ballot to decide between the Philippines and Jugoslavia for a Security Council seat. After the ninth ballot, in which the Philippines received 31 votes and Jugoslavia 27, the election was postponed until elections for seats in the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council had been completed. A two-thirds majority is required for election to the Security Council.
A Reuter correspondent said that the decision to postpone represented an important strategic victory for the United States which has supported and campaigned for the Philippines, first against Poland and now against Jugoslavia, the compromise candidate.
Jugoslavia was also a candidate for election to the Economic and Social Council. , , She was elected to that body on the second ballot by 46 votes. The strategy behind the United States proposal was that in the event of Jugoslavia being elected to it, her chances of eventually being chosen also for the Security Council might be prejudiced. The reasoning was that the majority would be against placing Jugoslavia on both councils.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27795, 21 October 1955, Page 13
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