By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Thursday was a day of change and rotation in the Security Council.
Saudi Arabia, Chad, Nigeria, Chile and Lithuania were elected by the UN General Assembly to sit on the Security Council. They will each serve a two-year term.
These five newly elected countries enter the fifteen member body replacing Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo who are all bowing out.
It remains to be seen how each of these counties will stand on the major issues placed before the Security Council. The real questions will revolve around their stands on Syria, on Iran and on other issues important to the West.
We know where Saudi Arabia stands, that is obvious. But Saudi Arabia declined and will not sit on the Security Council because they feel it is ineffective.
It is the other countries that still need to be evaluated. We still do not know what they have to say and how they will vote. We will, soon enough.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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