Ukraine elected a member of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017

Almaty. October 16. Silkroadnews - Ukraine is elected a member of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017, Russian media reported.
"Ukraine, Egypt, Senegal, and Uruguay elected on October 14 as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017. During the voting, which took place in the General Assembly, they enlisted the support of the required two-thirds of the delegations from 193 countries, present in the hall", - says the publication.
As recalled by the media on January 1, 2016,  5 countries in the UN Security Council will replace Chad and Nigeria, Lithuania, Chile and Jordan, and will join Angola, Venezuela, Spain, Malaysia and New Zealand, whose mandate expires at the end of 2016.
The Security Council consists of 15 members. 5 countries represented in it on an ongoing basis (Russia, China, United Kingdom, United States and France), while the remaining 10 are replenished each year by half.