NZ wins UN Security Council seat

NEW Zealand has won a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

THE UN's 193 member states voted by secret ballot early on Friday morning (AEDT and NZT), with New Zealand topping the vote ahead of competing nations in their group, Spain and Turkey.

Turkey and Spain will compete in a second ballot for the remaining spot.New Zealand secured 145 first round votes, compared to Spain's 121 and Turkey's 109.The nations needed a majority of 129 to claim the seat.The three other new non-permanent members elected at the UN's headquarters in New York, Malaysia, Venezuela and Angola, ran unopposed for their three regional seats.A seat on the Security Council gives nations a high-profile opportunity to weigh in on world issues and events, just as outgoing member Australia did with the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine and the formation of the coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.There are 15 seats on the Security Council, which is charged with responsibility for world peace and stability.There are five permanent members, the US, Britain, China, France and Russia.The 10 non-permanent seats rotate on two-year terms and are based on five regions.New Zealand was in the Western European and Others group.The last time New Zealand held one of the non-permanent seats was 1994.

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